How do you use the word "ding" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "ding": Ding, ding! It's the right answer! Ding is playing on the computer.

Ding Meaning

/dɪŋ/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounVery minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.

nounA rejection.

Sentence Examples

Ding, ding! It's the right answer!

Ding is playing on the computer.

Ding and Xueyou are sitting and listening to Mr. Wang.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

dent

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The bell will ____ when the microwave finishes cooking.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The small silver bell made a clear ____ sound when I rang it.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Mike hit the bottom and picked up a little ding on his head." — 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:

"to ding the book a coit's distance from him" — 1644, 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:

"The butcher's axe (like great Alcides' bat) / Dings deadly downe ten thousand thousand flat." — 1630, Taylor's Works:

"[…] [E]mployees don't feel like they're going to get dinged on performance reviews because they had the same goals as a guy who had been there all 12 months with no leave." — 2015 August 7, Ron Lieber, “Bringing paternity leave into the mainstream [print version: Paid leave expands for fathers, but will there be any takers?, International New York Times, 10 August 2015, p. 14]”, in The New York Times:

"The night turn'd dark an' dang on rain, […]" — 1821, William Liddle (of Edinburgh.), Poems on different occasions, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, page 226:

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