Ding , n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
Ding , v. i. 1. To
strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.]
Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves.
Piers Plowman. 2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging
among the mountain echoes.
W. Irving. 3. To talk with
vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low]
Ding (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinged (?), Dang (Obs.), or Dung (Obs.); p. pr. & vb.
n. Dinging.]
[OE. dingen,
dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. dänga, G. dengeln.]
1. To dash;
to throw violently. [Obs.]
To ding the book a coit's distance from him.
Milton.
2. To cause to sound or ring.
To ding (anything) in one's ears,
to impress one by noisy
repetition, as if by hammering.
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