dings

Noun (1)

ding (plural dings)

1. (informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
   • Mike hit the bottom and picked up a little ding on his head.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
2. (colloquial) A rejection.
   • I just got my first ding letter.

Noun (2)

ding (plural dings)

1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
2. (colloquial, especially, roleplaying games) The act of levelling up.

Noun (3)

ding (plural dings or ding)

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

Noun (4)

ding (plural dings)

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

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Noun

dinger (plural dingers)

1. A bell or chime.
   • Sharon patted the dinger to call for service.1997, Sarah Gregory, Public Trust, Signet, published 1997, →ISBN, page 47
2. The suspended clapper of a bell.
3. One who rings a bell.
4. A home run.
   • The starting pitcher gave up three dingers.
5. (Canada, US, slang) The penis.
   • "He had a red wool sock on his dinger. That's all."1994, Max Evans, Bluefeather Fellini in the Sacred Realm, University Press of Colorado, published 1994, →ISBN, page 131

   Synonyms:

   anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad

6. (US, slang) Something outstanding or exceptional, a humdinger.
   • ‘Say, does that sock in the jaw hurt any more? It was a dinger.’1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 21

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