Word Direct Answers

What does "ding" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. Piers Plowman.
  2. 3.To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. W. Irving.
  3. 4.To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low]
  4. 5.A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

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