dingverb
uk/dɪŋ/us/dɪŋ/ding verb (MAKE SOUND)
[ I ] to make a short ringing sound like a bell
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- burble
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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ding verb (HIT)
[ T ] US to damage the surface of something slightly by hitting it:
She was worried she might ding the car beside her when she parked.
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- bang
- bowl sb over
- broadside
- buffet
- bump
- cannon
- catch
- go into sth
- hit
- jarring
- knock
- knock sb down
- knock sb over
- prang
- run (sth) into sth/sb
- run sb/sth down
- smash
- smash-up
- stack
- strike
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ding verb (CRITICIZE)
[ T ] US informal to speak angrily to or criticize someone:
Auditors dinged the agency for some of its practices.
dingnoun [ C ]
uk/dɪŋ/us/dɪŋ/ding noun [ C ] (SOUND)
a short ringing sound like that made by a bell
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- burble
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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ding noun [ C ] (DAMAGE)
US a small damaged area on a surface where something has hit it:
She had the ding in the paintwork repaired.
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- bang
- bowl sb over
- broadside
- buffet
- bump
- cannon
- catch
- go into sth
- hit
- jarring
- knock
- knock sb down
- knock sb over
- prang
- run (sth) into sth/sb
- run sb/sth down
- smash
- smash-up
- stack
- strike
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