ding /dɪŋ/verb 10noun 8forms 5phrases 1 verb10 •To hit or strike. •(informal) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. — 2007 •to give out one short, clear, high note, as a small bell doesThe fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. — 1824 •(informal) 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. •(informal) To fire or reject.His top school dinged him last week. •(informal) To level up. •To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so. — 1884 •To mishit (a golf ball). •To dash; to throw violently.The butcher's axe (like great Alcides' bat) / Dings deadly downe ten thousand thousand flat. — 1630 •(Scotland) To fall heavily and continually, with great force.The night turn'd dark an' dang on rain, […] — 1821 noun8 •The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell. •(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 •(informal) A rejection.I just got my first ding letter. •(informal) The act of levelling up. •In American Chinese cuisine, cubed or bite-sized meat. •An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. •(Australia, offensive) an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian •(Hong-Kong) An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy. formsdang · dinged · dung · dinging · dings Phrases with ding ding upTo dent, bend, or injure.