ding
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- noun
- /dɪŋ/
- Johnny has borrowed a small truck from a plasterer he knows, an old Ford with enough dings and quirks to look as though it's done its fair share of country work.
- dents and dings
- scratches and dings
- nicks and dings
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Examples
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I'm so sad over these small dings after putting in so much.
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It's 10 years old, it has 136,000 miles, and it has a few more dents and dings.
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-We'll fix the ding in his car.
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I like that my car has very few dings in it.
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I better not see any dings.
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Sure, the wood is charmingly beat-down from decades of traffic; it is full of dings and scratches, but that character is really fun.
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Outside, men went this way and that with tools and buckets of paint; several were sanding the dents and dings.
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Magda retouched any scratches and dings with her nail polish, a perfect match.
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There is a small ding on the side of his car from when it was parked too close to another vehicle.
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The table had a noticeable ding in its surface after it was bumped against the wall.
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Etymology
Ding for a small dent comes from an old word meaning 'to hit', so imagine a little blow that leaves a tiny mark — that's the ding on your phone or car.