ding

🇺🇸 /dɪŋ/ 🇬🇧 /dɪŋ/
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noun
R

A small dent or mark made by hitting something, like a car.

After the accident, there was a ding on the car's door.

R

The sound a bell makes.

The bell made a ding sound when it rang.

verb
R

To make a small dent or mark on something by hitting it.

I accidentally dinged the car with my shopping cart.

R

To criticize or disapprove of someone or something.

The company was dinged for not meeting their sales target.

R

To make a sound like a bell.

The microwave dings when the food is cooked.

translation

n. A small dent or mark made by hitting something, like a car.; The sound a bell makes.
v. To make a small dent or mark on something by hitting it.; To criticize or disapprove of someone or something.; To make a sound like a bell.

Word Forms

3rd Present dings
Progressive dinging
Past dinged
Plural dings
Perfect dinged