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Dinged vs Ringed - What's the difference?

dinged | ringed |

As verbs the difference between dinged and ringed

is that dinged is past tense of ding while ringed is past tense of ring (Etymology 1 only; the circle sense)

As an adjective ringed is

marked with rings, circles or loops.

dinged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ding)

    • ding

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dingen, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
  • (colloquial) A rejection.
    • I just got my first ding letter.

    Verb

  • To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
    • The elevator dinged and the doors opened.
  • To hit or strike.
  • To dash; to throw violently.
  • * Milton
    • to ding the book a coit's distance from him
  • To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
    • If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. — BBC surfing Wales [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/surfing/sites/features/pages/dings.shtml]
  • (colloquial) To fire or reject.
    • His top school dinged him last week.
  • (colloquial) To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty.
    • My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
  • (golf) To mishit (a golf ball).
    • Derived terms
    * ding up

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic.English onomatopoeias Compare ,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A high-pitched sound of a bell, especially with wearisome continuance.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
  • * Washington Irving
    • The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes.
  • To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
  • * 1884 , Oswald Crawfurd, English comic dramatists :
    • If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging' it, ' dinging it into one so.
  • (intransitive, colloquial, gaming) To level up
    • See also
    * ding dong

    Etymology 3

    Romanized from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid; also called ting.
    • ----

    ringed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Marked with rings, circles or loops.
  • Wearing a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.
  • * Tennyson
    • a ringed wife

    Derived terms

    * ringed seal * ringed snake * ringed worm

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ring) (Etymology 1 only; the circle sense)

    • Anagrams

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