ding
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Is ding a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of ding?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.Examples: "Mike hit the bottom and picked up a little ding on his head."; "If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If the ding is on the rail, run tape across the ding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles."informal
2. (colloquial) A rejection.Examples: "I just got my first ding letter."colloquial
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To hit or strike.transitive
2. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.Examples: "If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board."transitive
3. (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.Examples: "His top school dinged him last week."colloquialtransitive
4. (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.Examples: "My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM."; "[…] [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."colloquialtransitive
5. (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).transitive
6. (Scotland, of rain) To fall heavily and continually, with great force.Examples: "The night turn'd dark an' dang on rain, […]"; "An awfu' show'r o' sna' and drift / As ever dang down frae the lift; / Right wild an' monstrous Boreas roar'd."; "It's dingin' on, isn't?"Scotland
noun (English)
1. (colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) The act of levelling up.colloquialespecially
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.Examples: "The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes."; "These were succeeded by anchor and chain-cable forges, where sledgehammers were dinging upon iron all day long."intransitive
2. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.Examples: "If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so."transitive
3. (intransitive, colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) To level up.colloquialespeciallyintransitive
noun (English)
1. (Hong Kong) An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.Hong-Kong
noun (English)
1. (Western Australia, offensive, ethnic slur) an Italian person, specifically an Italian AustralianAustraliaWesternethnicoffensiveslur
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary