DING

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. Milton.

2.
v.

To cause to sound or ring. To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.

3.
v.

To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. Piers Plowman.

4.
v.

To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. W. Irving.

5.
v.

To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low]

6.
n.

A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

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