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while | ding |

As a noun while

is an uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

As a conjunction while

is during the same time that.

As a verb while

is to pass (time) idly.

while

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
  • He lectured for quite a long while .

    Conjunction

    (wikipedia while) (English Conjunctions)
  • During the same time that.
  • * , chapter=12
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=While the powwow was going on the big woman came back again. She was consider'ble rumpled and scratched up, but there was fire in her eye.}}
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
  • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • Although.
  • * 2013 September 28, (Kenan Malik), " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
  • While Britain’s recession has been deep and unforgiving, in London it has been relatively shallow.
  • (Northern England, Scotland) Until.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • I may be conveyed into your chamber; I'll lie under your bed while midnight.
  • As long as.
  • * I. Watts
  • Use your memory; you will sensibly experience a gradual improvement, while you take care not to overload it.

    Verb

    (whil)
  • To pass (time) idly.
  • * Longfellow
  • The lovely lady whiled the hours away.
  • To loiter.
  • (Spectator)

    Derived terms

    * while away * meanwhile * the while

    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.
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