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ding

UK/ˈdɪŋɡ/ US/dɪŋ/ fairly common informal

verb

1.

go `ding dong'', like a bell

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • ding ding
  • ding dong
  • ding dong cart
  • ding up
  • ding, ding, ding, we have a winner
  • ding-dong ditch
  • ding-dong theory

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