ding

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Noun

1. Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
2. A rejection.
   • I just got my first ding letter.

Verb

1. To hit or strike.
2. To dash; to throw violently.
3. To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
4. To fire or reject.
   • His top school dinged him last week.
5. To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
   • My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
6. To mishit (a golf ball).
7. To fall heavily and continually, with great force.

Noun

1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
2. The act of levelling up.

Verb

1. To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.
2. To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
3. To level up.

Noun

1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

Noun

1. An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.

Noun

1. an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian

Noun

1. In American Chinese cuisine, cubed or bite-sized meat.
   • shrimp ding
   • chicken ding

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