ding

CEFRB1

/dɪŋ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A short ringing sound.

  2. 02

    noun

    A small dent or mark on a surface.

Examples

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

  • Ding is playing on the computer.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A rejection.

  2. To hit or strike.

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

More examples

In context

  • Ding, ding! It's the right answer!

  • I just got my first ding letter.

  • If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The bell will blank when the microwave finishes cooking.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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”).