ding
/dɪŋ/ verb C2- To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.
- To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
- To level up.
He/she/it dings · Past dinged · Past participle dinged · -ing form dinging
Verb forms
- Base form
- ding
- He/she/it
- dings
- Past
- dinged
- Past participle
- dinged
- -ing form
- dinging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
As Rikki-tikki went up the path, he heard his “attention” notes like a tiny dinner gong, and then the steady “Ding-dong-tock!
Ding-dong-tock!” That set all the birds in the garden singing, and the frogs croaking, for Nag and Nagaina used to eat frogs as well as little birds.
Other matches
- ding Very minor damage caused by being struck B1
- ding An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. C2
- ding The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell. C2
- ding To hit or strike. C2
- ding An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories... C2
- ding In American Chinese cuisine, cubed or bite-size... C2
- ding up To dent, bend, or injure.
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