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To dash; to throw violently.

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  1. v. t. To dash; to throw violently.
  2. v. t. To cause to sound or ring.
  3. v. i. To strike; to thump; to pound.
  4. v. i. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
  5. v. i. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster.
  6. n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
  7. n. a ringing sound
  8. n. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
  9. v. go ‘ding dong’, like a bell
  10. 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. 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] A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
  11. v:42/n:58 n. a ringing sound v. go `ding dong', like a bell