dinge
/dɪnd͡ʒ/
dinge noun: dinginess.
Noun
dinge (countable and uncountable, plural dinges)
- Dinginess.
- The bathroom is smeared with fingerprints and painted dingy white, not the most flattering light. Jon wouldn’t feel like an artist without a certain amount of dinge around.1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
- A black person.
- ‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 3
- ‘You made a hit with the dinge,’ Bob was saying.1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 46
Verb
dinge (third-person singular simple present dinges, present participle dingeing, simple past and past participle dinged)
Forms of dinge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dinges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dinges |
| present participle | dingeing |
| past participle | dinged |
| past | dinged |
Origin of dinge
From dingy.
From Middle English *dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *dangijan, from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hit”).
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Questions about dinge
- What does dinge mean?
- Dinge means dinginess.
- What part of speech is dinge?
- Dinge can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dinge?
- Dinge is pronounced /dɪnd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of dinge?
- The plural of dinge is dinges.
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