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verb (used with object)
1.
to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
3.
to blackball: Only one freshman was dinged by the fraternity.
noun
4.
dent; nick: The surfboard has a few dings in it from scraping over rocks.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English dingen, dengen, probably Old English *dingan; akin to Old English dencgan, Old Norse dengja
1250–1300; Middle English dingen, dengen, probably Old English *dingan; akin to Old English dencgan, Old Norse dengja
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ding
1819, "to sound as metal when struck," possibly abstracted from ding-dong (1659), of imitative origin. The verb meaning "to deal heavy blows" is c.1300, probably from O.N. dengja "to hammer." Meaning "dent" is 1960s. Dinger "something superlative" (e.g. humdinger) is from 1809, Amer.Eng. Ding-a-ling
EXPAND "one who is crazy" is 1935, from notion of hearing bells in the head.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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