Definition of "ding" in English

noun

1. (informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.

   • If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If the ding is on the rail, run tape across the ding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles.

2. (colloquial) A rejection.

   • I just got my first ding letter.

verb

1. (transitive) To hit or strike.

2. To dash; to throw violently.

3. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.

   • If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board.

4. (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.

   • His top school dinged him last week.

5. (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.

   • My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.

6. (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).

7. (Scotland, of rain) To fall heavily and continually, with great force.

noun

1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.

2. (colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) The act of levelling up.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.

2. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.

3. (intransitive, colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) To level up.

noun

1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

noun

1. (Hong Kong) An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.

noun

1. (Western Australia, offensive, ethnic slur) an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian