ding

Noun

a ringing sound
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
A rejection.
The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
The act of levelling up.
An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.
an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian

Verb

go `ding dong', like a bell
To hit or strike.
To dash; to throw violently.
To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
To fire or reject.
To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
To mishit (a golf ball).
To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.
To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
To level up.

Examples

"His top school dinged him last week."
"I just got my first ding letter."
"My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM."

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

dent, dingdong, dong, gouge, nick

Scrabble Score: 6

ding is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ding is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ding is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

ding is a valid Words With Friends word