Meaning

2 senses

  1. To strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in

  2. To flog, as in penance

More definitions
  • make dingy
  • make a dent or impression in

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The bell dinged, and the doors opened.

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  2. The elevator bell dinged and the doors opened.

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  3. Tom opened his car door with a little too much force and accidentally dinged the car parked next to him.

    deTom öffnete die Autotür etwas zu schwungvoll, so dass sie versehentlich gegen den Wagen, der neben seinem parkte, schlug.

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  4. Sami's phone dinged and it was a message from Layla.

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Origin

From Middle English *dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *d

From Middle English *dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *dangijan, from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hit”).

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Forms

dinges, dingeing, dinged, dinged
Base formdinge · to dinge
3rd person singulardinges
Present participledingeing
Past simpledinged
Past participledinged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydinge
he, she, itdinges

Past simpleLesson

all personsdinged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dinged
he, she, ithas dinged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dinge

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make a dent or impression in:batter

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddinged-up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dinerdingdingbatdinghydingo
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