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# ding

«ding» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short ringing sound, like a bell or a timer** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ding, dings); verb (ding, dings, dinged, dinging); interjection (ding!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ding is a short ringing sound, like a bell or a timer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#m1)

2) In American and Australian English, a ding is a small dent or mark, often on a car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#m2)

3) To ding is to make a ringing sound, or to dent something slightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: the oven timer dings, a lift dings, a phone dings with a message. In stories it is a sound word (onomatopoeia). Phrases: «ding-dong», «the bell went ding», «a ding in the car door».

### examples

- The microwave went ding when the food was ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#x1)
- Ding! A new message arrived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#x2)
- The lift dinged and the doors opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#x3)
- There's a small ding in the car door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#x4)
- The bike bell went ding ding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#x5)
- He dinged the trolley into the car by accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#x6)
- «Ding-dong» went the doorbell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#x7)

### note

Onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the noise. Often doubled: «ding ding». Informal in the «dent» sense. Not a number word, but «three dings» counts sounds.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ding» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.