| Ding 1. (v. t.) To dash; to throw violently. 2. (v. t.) To cause to sound or ring. 3. (v. i.) To strike; to thump; to pound. 4. (v. i.) To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. 5. (v. i.) To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. 6. (n.) A thump or stroke, especially of a bell. Thesaurus Entries bang, bash, beat, belt, best, better, biff, catch, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, clink, clout, crack, din, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, dong, donging, douse, drum, exceed, gong, hammer, hit, jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling, nail, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outshine, peal, peal ringing, pealing, pound, ring, ring changes, ringing, slam, slosh, smack, sock, sound, sound a knell, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, whack, whop | ![]() |