dinging

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past dinged or (obsolete) dang, past participle dinged or (obsolete) dang or (obsolete) dung)

1. (transitive) To hit or strike.
2. To dash; to throw violently.
   • to ding the book a coit's distance from him1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC
3. (colloquial, transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
   • If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board.2007 September, “Ding Repairs”, BBC Wales, archived on 5 October 2014
4. (colloquial, transitive) To fire or reject.
   • His top school dinged him last week.
5. (colloquial, transitive) 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) To mishit (a golf ball).

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