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2. "dinged": What happens when someone in authority gives you a minor bitching about something, especially something trivial. "I was dinged for having a messy desk."

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Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

Ding \Ding\ (d[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinged, Dang (Obs.), or Dung (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinging.]

[OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. d[aum]nga, G. dengeln.]

1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

To ding the book a coit's distance from him. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. To cause to sound or ring. [1913 Webster]

To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Ding \Ding\, v. i.

1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]

2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. [1913 Webster]

The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low] [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Ding \Ding\, n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

ding v : go `ding dong', like a bell [syn: dong, dingdong]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Ding \Ding\, n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Ding \Ding\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinged, Dang (Obs.), or Dung (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinging.]

[OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. d["a]nga, G. dengeln.]

1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.]

To ding the book a coit's distance from him. --Milton.

2. To cause to sound or ring.

To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Ding \Ding\, v. i.

1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.]

Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. --Piers Plowman.

2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.

The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. --W. Irving.

3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)