ding

v. ring, make a ringing noise

n. ring, ringing noise; (U.S.) dent, nick, indent; (Australian Slang) celebration, party; (Australia an offensive slang) Italian or Greek person; person form Italian or Greek origin

Ding may refer to:World snooker player, and former China Open champion Ding JunhuiDing (vessel), a type of ancient Chinese vessel with three legsDing ware, Chinese ceramic wareDing (vehicle)Ding, in manufacturing, a dimensional defect in a manufactured part's surface, in which the surface is depressed in a very small area and is usually raised in the immediately surrounding area, due to material deformation caused by the (usually inadvertent or accidental) impact of a blunt object, such as a tool or other manufacturing accessory. The defect may be unimportant or may be a critical defect that would cause unacceptable leakage, friction, poor fit, and/or cosmetic unattractiveness in the manufactured product. Detection of dings requires high-definition metrology of the entire critical surface areas of a manufactured part, since occurrence of dings is largely unpredictable as to their cause, frequency or location on the manufactured surfaces. Ding (surname), a Chinese surname (Chinese: 丁; Pinyin: Dīng)A program from Southwest Airlines allowing early access to low faresJargon for advancing a level in many video games, particularly of the role-playing genre. It originates from Everquest as there was a "Ding" sound when you leveled up.Ding, a song/music-video by Seeed (a German reggae/dancehall band).Ding! an early (peer-to-peer) buddy list product developed by Activerse Inc. circa 1996-1999(ding), early name of Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's rewrite of GNUS, renamed Gnus before its first release. Gnus is a news reader.Ding, the contracted form of "Dingo", is a racially offensive term in India for individuals of Anglo-Indian descent.
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For gnus (the animals), see wildebeest. Gnus (pronounced /gnuz/) is a message reader running under GNU Emacs and XEmacs. It supports reading and composing both news and e-mail.Gnus blurs the distinction between news and e-mail, treating them both as "articles" that come from different sources. News articles are kept separate by group, and e-mail can be split into arbitrary groups, similar to folders in other mail readers. In addition, Gnus is able to use a number of web-based sources as inputs for its groups.
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Verb
1. go `ding dong', like a bell
(synonym) dong, dingdong
(hypernym) ring, peal

n. thing, object, gadget, article; matter; event, fact, occurrence, happening

v. hire, employ, engage

n. thing, object; matter, affair; business

v. compete, strive, contend; bargain, chaffer