ding
To hit or strikeTo hit or strike.
» It's because you're so dang hot.
Meaning
10 senses(transitive)To hit or strike.
стукнутьstuknutʹ
To dash; to throw violently.
(colloquial, transitive)To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
повреждатьpovreždatʹ
(colloquial, transitive)To fire or reject.
His top school dinged him last week.
(colloquial, transitive)To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
штрафоватьštrafovatʹ
(transitive)To mishit (a golf ball).
(Scotland)To fall heavily and continually, with great force.
(intransitive)To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.
go ‘ding dong’, like a bell
(transitive)To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
(colloquial, especially, intransitive)To level up.
Examples
32 sentencesIt's because you're so dang hot.
Tobias was playing ding-dong ditch.
Have you ever played ding-dong ditch?
Ziri couldn't see a dang thing out there.
Jonas plays ding-dong ditch with his friends.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), frFrom Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”).
Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,
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Forms
dings, dinging, dinged, dingedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle