ding

ding up

1. To make several small dents or nicks on the surface of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ding" and "up." I dinged up my brand new bike when I crashed. That hailstorm really dinged up my car.
2. To injure someone or a part of someone's body, especially in a minor or superficial way. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ding" and "up." He dinged up his leg in practice, but he should be ready to play in the game this Friday. A: "I heard you were in a car an accident on the way to work! Are you OK?" B: "I got dinged up a bit, but I'm fine."
3. To negatively affect someone on an emotional or psychological level, especially their ego or pride. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ding" and "up." It dinged my ego up a bit to admit that I had been wrong. The crash dinged up my pride more than anything else.
See also: ding, up

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!

cliché A humorous exclamation said when someone answers or guesses something correctly or is considered the best in some competition. Often used sarcastically. A: "OK, first person to tell me what X equals in this equation gets five points of extra credit." B: "Oh, I know, it's 41!" A: "Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!" A: "We're trying to think of the worst baby names." B: "My cousin George named his baby 'Seven.'" A: "Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! Gosh, what on earth were they thinking?"
See also: have, we

ding-a-ling

1. One who is stupid or foolish. Geez, he keeps pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a ding-a-ling.
2. vulgar slang A penis. I don't want to see your ding-a-ling—pull up your pants!

ding-dong

1. noun One who is stupid or foolish. Geez, he keeps pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a ding-dong.
2. noun, vulgar slang A penis. I don't want to see your ding-dong—pull up your pants!
3. adjective Characterized by the rapid exchange of something. Geez, I can't keep up with their ding-dong arguing.

dinghead

One who is stupid or foolish. Geez, he keeps pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a dinghead.

mother lode

1. In mining, the main source of a mineral in a given area. We haven't hit the mother lode of silver quite yet—but we will!
2. By extension, an abundance of something. I wasn't looking to expand my record collection, but I sure hit the mother lode when I cleaned out my parents' attic! It's an exciting time to be a researcher in this field, as a mother lode of new data was recently released.
See also: lode, mother

wingding

1. slang A wild or lavish party, festivity, or celebration. The popstar is known for throwing the wildest wingdings in all of California. I'm glad you had fun at your little wingding, but you and your friends nearly destroyed our house!
2. slang By extension, anything great, wild, or excessive. Usually used in the form "a wingding of a…." Mary and I had a wingding of a fight over the finances last night. We were expecting a wingding of a party, but it turned out to be pretty lame.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ding

1. tv. to shoot, dent, or knock something. The rock dinged my left fender.
2. tv. to negate; to cast out; to blemish. The reviewer dinged the book, but it sold well anyway.
3. n. a dent or blemish. The hail put a lot of dings in the hood of my car.

ding-a-ling

(ˈdɪŋəlɪŋ)
n. a stupid person; a giddy person who hears bells. This ding-a-ling comes up and asks me for a dollar for the orphans. I tell her I got all the orphans I can use at any price.

ding-dong

1. n. the penis. (Usually objectionable.) He held his hands over his ding-dong and ran for the bedroom.
2. n. a stupid person of either sex. You silly ding-dong! Try again.
3. mod. damned. (A euphemism.) Get your ding-dong junk outa my way!

dinghead

n. a stupid person. Shut up, you stupid dinghead.

whing-ding

and wing-ding
1. n. a love affair; a sexual affair. Sam and Martha brought their little whing-ding to an end.
2. n. a gadget. I’ve never seen one of these little wing-dings so banged up.
3. and whinger n. a wild drinking party; drinking spree. Fred had one of the best whing-dings this town has ever seen.

wing-ding

verb
See whing-ding
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • ding up
  • dinge
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • arrange for
  • arrange for some time
  • arrange some music for
  • back into
  • add in
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Lawyer completes 250km Sahara run, possibly first Malaysian woman to do so
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Ding, Asia Express Exchange to offer mobile top-up services in Oman
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Since joining Huawei in 1996, Ding has served as president of Product Line, president of the Global Solution Sales Department, president of the Global Marketing Department, and chief products and solutions officer.
Huawei reshuffles top team
"I wanted this very badly and it hurts to end as a loser once again," Ding told Gulf News.
Liu Shiwen wins record third title at ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
In the area of state space model identification, Ding and Chen proposed a hierarchical identification estimation algorithm for estimating the system parameters and states [17].
Parameter and state estimator for state space models
Anxiang Du, 54, was convicted by a jury at Northampton Crown Court of murdering university lecturer Jifeng "Jeff"' Ding, his wife, Ge "Helen" Chui, and their two daughters, Xing "Nancy" 18, and Alice, 12, on April 29, 2011.
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Recommendation D Junhui v B Hawkins over 5.5 frames 1pt 4-6 Paddy Power CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS ITV4, 1pm & 7pm Hawkins could provide Ding with a decent test TWO of snooker's biggest stars are in action at Coventry's Ricoh Arena today and it will be a surprise if Champion of Champions Group One combatants Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ding Junhui do not set up a decider this evening, writes Adrian Humphries.
Hawkins could provide Ding with a decent test
BOLTON -- Grace Ding, 15, of Bolton, is a highly ranked national fencer, who currently attends the Advanced Math and Science Academy (AMSA) Charter School in Marlboro as a sophomore.
Nationally-ranked Ding begins season
ySTANBUL (CyHAN)- Fayao Ding, the owner of Chinese restaurant Guangzhou Wuyang, and his wife are representing Chinese cuisine in Ankara.
Guangzhou Wuyang introduced Chinese cuisine to Ankara over 20 years ago
TEHRAN (FNA)- Scientists have a promising new approach to combating deadly human viruses thanks to an educated hunch by University of California, Riverside microbiology professor Shou-Wei Ding, and his 20 years of research on plants, fruit flies, nematodes and mice to show the truth in his theory.
Innate Virus-Killing Power Discovered in Mammals
Wang and Ding presented least squares-based and gradient-based iterative identification algorithms for Wiener nonlinear systems [4]; Chen studied identification problems for Wiener systems with saturation and dead-zone nonlinearities [5].
Least-squares-based iterative identification algorithm for wiener nonlinear systems
DING JUNHUI impressed in beating Shaun Murphy in the opening semi-final of the 888 Welsh Open in Newport yesterday.
Dominant Ding through to the Welsh Open final