DING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ding mean? 

• DING (noun)
  The noun DING has 2 senses:

1. a ringing sound

2. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

  Familiarity information: DING used as a noun is rare.

• DING (verb)
  The verb DING has 1 sense:

1. go 'ding dong', like a bell

  Familiarity information: DING used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ringing sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("ding" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dent; ding; gouge; nick

Hypernyms ("ding" is a kind of...):

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ding"):

dig (a small gouge (as in the cover of a book))

• DING (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go 'ding dong', like a bell

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

ding; dingdong; dong

Hypernyms (to "ding" is one way to...):

peal; ring (sound loudly and sonorously)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

As the magnetic disruption from a sunspot approaches Earth, it can intensify the Aurora Borealis and Australis but it also dings the performance of satellites and power grids.

(Sun's mood swings not so strange after all, Wikinews)