What is "ding"

Ding \Ding\ (d[i^]ng), 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. d["a]nga, 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.

Ding \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 \Ding\, n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

1819, "to sound as metal when struck," possibly abstracted from ding-dong, of imitative origin. The meaning "to deal heavy blows" is c.1300, probably from Old Norse dengja "to hammer," perhaps also imitative. Meaning "dent" is 1960s. Related: Dinged; dinging.

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context informal English) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip. 2 (context colloquial English) A rejection. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. 2 (context transitive English) To hit or strike. 3 To dash; to throw violently. 4 (context transitive English) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking. 5 (context transitive colloquial English) To fire or reject. 6 (context transitive colloquial English) To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty. 7 (context transitive golf English) To mishit (a golf ball). Etymology 2

n. A high-pitched sound of a bell, especially with wearisome continuance. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To make high-pitched sound like a bell. 2 (context transitive English) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell. 3 (context intransitive colloquial gaming English) To level up Etymology 3

n. Ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid; also called ting.

v. go `ding dong', like a bell [syn: dong, dingdong]

Ding ( Chinese: , dǐng), formerly romanized as ting, were prehistoric and ancient Chinese cauldrons, standing upon legs with a lid and two facing handles. They are one of the most important shapes used in Chinese ritual bronzes. They were made in two shapes: round vessels with three legs and rectangular ones with four, the latter often called fanding. They were used for cooking, storage, and ritual offerings to the gods or to ancestors. The earliest recovered examples are pre- Shang ceramic ding at the Erlitou site but they are better known from the Bronze Age, particularly after the Zhou deemphasized the ritual use of wine practiced by the Shang kings. Under the Zhou, the ding and the privilege to perform the associated rituals became symbols of authority. The number of permitted ding varied according to one's rank in the Chinese nobility: the Nine Ding of the Zhou kings were a symbol of their rule over all China but were lost by the first emperor, Shi Huangdi in the late 3rd century . Subsequently, imperial authority was represented by the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, carved out of the He Shi Bi jade; it was lost at some point during the Five Dynasties after the collapse of the Tang.

Ding may refer to:

Ding is one of the simplest written Chinese family names (the only two characters that are simpler are "一" and "乙"), written in two strokes.

"Ding" (English for thing) is a song released in 2006 by German reggae/ dancehall band Seeed. It was the third and last single of the third album Next! and reached #5 in the German Single Charts.

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