ding

Everyday

1. A ding is a short ringing sound, like a bell or a timer. tree →
2. In American and Australian English, a ding is a small dent or mark, often on a car. tree →
3. To ding is to make a ringing sound, or to dent something slightly. tree →

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 →
• Ding! A new message arrived. tree →
• The lift dinged and the doors opened. tree →
• There's a small ding in the car door. tree →
• The bike bell went ding ding. tree →
• He dinged the trolley into the car by accident. tree →
• «Ding-dong» went the doorbell. tree →

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 →

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.