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🔔 A short ring 🔔 To ring 🛞 A small dent 🛞 To dent 🕹️ To level up
to ding

to ding

4 8.8
To reach a higher character level in a video game
  • verb
  • /dɪŋ/
  • Slang
translation icon : subir de nivel

Examples

  • I just dinged 89 last night, congratulated by a group of allies in the troll-infested caves.

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  • Glorys: Dinged level 60 and went on a shopping spree with my saved Moria medallions. Attended a kin party and got to run some raids with everyone. Led my first 6-person instance.

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  • After many weeks of playing, I finally dinged my character to level 20.

  • By completing multiple quests, we managed to ding and unlock new abilities.

  • Once you earn enough experience points, you will ding and gain access to powerful gear.

Synonyms

to level up
vsto ding
  • Jargon
4 4.8

To make a video game character stronger by gaining experience

refers to gaining a higher character rank specifically by earning experience points

Compounds

Ding Dongs
  • US
7 3.6

Round chocolate snack cakes with cream inside sold in the United States

Ding Dongs
  • Offensive
9.6

A rude name for people who act silly

Ding Dongs
4.2

Clear ringing sounds that bells make

Surface Forms

ding infinitive
dinged past
dinged past participle
dinging present participle
dings third person singular

Etymology

In games, ding for leveling up comes from the same bell 'ding' that marks achievement, so when you reach a new level the game often plays a ding to show it.