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# ding

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

«ding» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ding is a short ringing sound, like a bell or a timer. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/#m3)

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

## In Jewish tradition

It is only a piece of a word. The text was split across a line as "Accor-ding," so it is not the word ding. In the primary 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

- Accor- ding to some writers Pythagoras was a Greek, according to others, he was either a Phctnician or a Syrian. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/ding/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ding.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ding» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/ding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ding» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ding.html) on Mova free.