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dinged Meaning & Definition

/dɪŋd/

What Does Dinged Mean?

Dinged is used as a verb meaning simple past and past participle of ding.

To hit or strike.
To dash; to throw violently.
To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
To fire or reject.
His top school dinged him last week.
To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
To mishit (a golf ball).

To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
To level up.

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His top school dinged him last week.

My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.

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