Ding

DING, sb.1 War.3 [diŋ,] In phr. to give the ding, to give the slip, to get beyond observation.

I have given him the ding. Common among boys in Birmingham.

DING, v.1 and sb.2 Var. dial. uses in Sc. and Eng. [diŋ.] I. Gram. forms. 1. Preterite: (1) Dang, (2) Deng, (3) Dinged, (4) Dung, (5) pl. Dungen. [For further examples see II. below.] (1) Sc. She dang me sair and oft, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 166. Frf. Meg in her freaks dang out a stump, Morison Poems (1790) 19. Fif. As ae fat bang dang in anither, Tennant Papistry (1827) 161. Ayr. O ay my wife she dang me, Burns Poems 247, Globe ed. Slk. How fell they fought an' fairly dang, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 416. Gall. There came a blow that nearly dang me out of the saddle, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxv. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.); N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Dur.1, Cum.1 Wm. Fell oa my knee an dang me hat off, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 32. n.Yks.1 He dang t'geeaveloc reeght upo' mah foot; n.Yks.2 They dang me ower; n.Yks.3, ne.Yks.1 33. w.Yks.1 w.Yks.4, Lan.1 (2) w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 132. (3) Yks. An' dingt deer off t'creaks, Smith Spec. Dial. (1811) 9, ed. 1839. ne.Yks.1 33. Rut.1 Suf. He dinged a stone (C.G.B.). (4) Ayr. Half o' the hale dung aff their feet, Boswell Poet. Wks. (1803) 166, ed. 1871. Nhb. We shouted some, and some dung down, N. Minstrel (1806-1807) pt. iv. 79. Cum. I dung owre the knop, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 45. e.Yks. He dung ma doon, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 25. w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703); w.Yks.4, Lan.1, n.Lin.1 (5) Lan.1 They dungen him to the floor. 2. Pp.: (1) Dang, (2) Dinged, (3) Doung, (4) Dung, (5) Dungen. (1) Sc. He's sairest dang wha's ain wand dang him, Henderson Prov. (1832) 22, ed. 1881. Edb. Wi' dancin' now they're a' dang sair, McDowall Poems (1839) 220. (2) e.Lth. Thou wearie world! ... Sair are we ding'd by thee, Mucklebackit Rur. Rhymes (1885) 92. n.Yks.1 He's dinged a hole reeght thruff t'skell beast; n.Yks.2 Ding'd out o' fettle. ne.Yks.1 33. (3) Edb. But he is doung, clean out o' sight, Har'st Rig (1801) 23. (4) Sc. He has dung down a' the bits o' pigs too, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) xi. Bch. Our Dominie has now dung in His arse a pike, Forbes Dominie (1785) 37. Frf. Wi' which he never yet was dung, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 12, ed. 1882. Fif. Death, wi' heart as hard as steel, Has dung him dead, Gray Poems (1811) 70. Rnf. I was sae dung wi' pain an' fright, Picken Poems (1813) I. 60. Ayr. To see his poor auld Mither's pot Thus dung in staves, Burns Author's Cry (1786) st. 9. e.Lth. He tell't us we had been lang eneuch hadden an' dung, Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 88. Edb. I was completely bamboozled and almost dung stupid, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) xxv. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.); N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Cum.1 Wm.&Cum.1 Young filly's dung oure the lang stee [ladder], 211. n.Yks.2 w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 132; w.Yks.1 Lan. To be scorn'd un dung up, o'er losin my woman, Lahee Owd Yem, 24. Rut.1 (5) Nhb.1 Aa thowt he'd a dungen doon the door. w.Yks. Cudworth Horton (1886) Gl. Lan. As iv he'd ha dungn it deawn, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 38. II. Dial. uses. 1. v. To strike, knock, beat; to drive, force; to dash down with violence, overthrow. Also used fig. Sc. A gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) xxvi. Or.I. The sight her vera saul did ding, Paety Toral's Travellye (1880) 144, in Ellis Pronunc. (1889). V. 795. Elg. She oure the Mistress dang, Couper Poetry (1804) II. 85. Bch. They may come to lay up my mittens an' ding me yavil, Forbes Jrn. (1742) 15. Abd. An awful hole was dung into his brow, Ross Helenore (1768) 12, ed. 1812. Frf. You've been dinging me doited about that eldership, Barrie Minister (1891) xi. Fif. He gave his lunzie sic a lounder As... dang him flatlins like ane flounder, Tennant Papistry (1827) 14. s.Sc. They wad ding ye fair doitit wi' their cracks, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 379. Rnf. Your beauty dings him crazy, Barr Poems (1861) 39. Ayr. I'll gar ding the door in their faces, Galt Lairds (1826) xxxvii. Lnk. My poor wits ye lead astray, An' ding me doilt before folk, Rodger Poems (1838) 5, ed. 1897. Lth. We'll ding to duds the ‘Flying Scotchman,’ Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 221. e.Lth. Ye may drive the deil into a wife, but ye'll never ding him oot o' her, Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 211. Edb. Something else came i' my head, An' dang it out, Crawford Poems (1798) 80. Bwk. A' the dougs in your town Can no ding Willie Wastle down, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 15. Slk. He pu'd up his bit shabble of a sword and dang aff my bonnet, Hogg Tales (1838) 50, ed. 1866. Rxb. Puirtith cauld when neath the roof Dings love out at the jin O, Riddell Poet. Wks. (ed. 1871) I. 91. Dmf. Hergipsy glower Dang B.'s green tea-leaf standard owre, Quinn Heather (1863) 21. Gall. The wench dang me soundly on the ear, Crockett Grey Man (1896) 32. Kcb. I would make a little knock of persecution ding them in twenty pieces, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 303. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.); N.Cy.1 Ding down the nests and the rooks will fly away; N.Cy.2 Nhb. At last a great thrust dang him ower, Midford Coll. Sngs. (1818) 19; Nhb.1, Dur.1 s.Dur. Aw'll ding tha off t'wall (J.E.D.). Cum. I dung owre the knop, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 45; Cum.1 Aa'll ding him ower. Wm. She... dang it reet agaynth cream-pot an brack it tae bits, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 82, ed. 1821. Yks. Ile ding out your brains. ‘To ding a nail,’ to drive in a nail (K.). n.Yks. Ah mood as weel ding mah back-deer of t'creaks, Brown Yk. Minster Screen (1843) l. 79; n.Yks.1 Tak' heed, man, or he'll ding thee doon t'steears; n.Yks.2; n.Yks.3 Ding a nail into t'wall. ne.Yks.1 Ah'll ding tha on ti t'fleear. e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 59; e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Cudworth Horton (1886) Gl.; w.Yks.1 I... dang some skin off my noaz, ii. 296. Lan. I think the damps will soon ding down the old house, Roby Trad. (1829) I. 393, ed. 1872; Lan.1, n.Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Der. Soon to the ground we shall him ding, Jewitt Ballads (1867) 19; Der.1 Obs. Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 324. n.Lin.1 Ding them wedges in, that'll rive her. Nhp.1, Shr.1, e.An.1 Nrf. I saw him ding his horse furiously up and down the street (W.W.S.). Wil.1 Dor. But he do dab, an' dash, an' ding It down, Barnes Poems (1869-1870) 3rd S. 59. Hence (1) Dinger, sb. (a) a violent blow; (b) anything of a superlative character; (2) Dinging, vbl. sb. a beating, knocking about. (1, a) Nhp.1 He gave him such a dinger. War.3 Bdf. I gov' 'im a dinger on the chop, so he soon given over, Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 208. e.Suf. (F.H.) Wil. Slow Gl. (1892). (b) w.Yks. It's a dinger, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 22, 1892). (2) Rnf. She's as gude o' the dinging as he's o' the driving, Webster Rhymes (1835) 44. Ayr. The dinging down of the table was the signal of the rebellious leaders for open war, Galt Provost (1822) I. x. 2. To sling, throw, hurl; to shake off. n.Cy. (P.R.), n.Lan. (C.W.D.), Nhp.1 e.An.1 I dung it at him. Nrf. Grose (1790); Nrf.1 Suf. Cullum Hist. Hawsted (1813); He dinged a stone (C.G.B.); Suf.1 Ess. (W.W.S.); Grose (1790); Gl. (1851); Ray (1691); (K.); Ess.1 3. To take a person by the legs and arms and swing his posteriors against a tree, wall, post, &c. Also in Comp. Ding-fart. Cf. boss. Lei.1 War.2 Tommy, Tommy Dingfart, Born in a muck-cart, Christen'd in a wheelbarrow, Gee! Wo! Wup! Flk-rhyme; War.3 They dinged him against a tree. 4. To cut bark into short pieces, preparing it for the tanner. Per. I'm dingin' the bark (G.W.). 5. To overcome, subdue; to excel, surpass. Sc. Ten thousand a-year! it dings Balmawhapple out and out, Scott Waverley (1814) lxvi; We'll ding the Campbells yet in their own town, Stevenson Catriona (1892) xvii. Abd. It's rare they can be dung, Shirrefs' Sale Catal. (1795) 16. Kcd. The bonnie lass o' Kirkwall toon, In truth she dings them a', Grant Lays (1884) 176. Frf. The din o' the hoochin' an' trampin' nearly dingin' the festive fiddle, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 65, ed. 1889. Per. This dings the lane, Haliburton Horace (1886) 77. Fif. I've haen mony guid... offers in my time, but this dings them a', McLaren Tibbie (1894) 10. Slg. There's nane to ding yer moderate views, Towers Poems (1885) 124. s.Sc. Leader dings a' the rest, Watson Bards (1859) 196. Dmb. Sandy an' his bonnie bride, Wow! fairly dang them a', Taylor Poems (1827) II. Rnf. My Govie Dick! that dings me now... What in a' the warld is that? Fraser Chimes (1853) 66. Ayr. But Facts are cheels that winna ding, An' downa be disputed, Burns Dream, st. 4. Lnk. Ye fairly ding me noo, I canna gang its hist'ry thro', Orr Laigh Flichts (1882) 43. Lth. Naething e'er his spirit dang, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 12. Edb. A change I met that a' things dang, Macneill Bygane Times (1811) 33. Bwk. Dunse dings a'! Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 113. Slk. Henry Watson would ding him till sticks, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) III. 148. Kcb. Schemes o' mice an' men Get dang, as the wife did the weaver, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 218. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.); N.Cy.1 Nhb. Lang may ye live to ding them a', Donaldson Poems (1809) 126. Dur.1 n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 He'll ding 'em fairly. m.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Lin. I can shove stronger, but he'd ding me at it, Fenn Dick o' the Fens (1888) xiii. n.Lin.1 Well, this telegraphin' dings all waays o' gooin' on I've heärd tell on. Hence Dung, ppl. adj. (1) exhausted, overpowered by fatigue, infirmity, &c.; (2) disconsolate, dejected. (1) Bnff. Lang afore that it was night, He was sae dung, That Doctors cou'dna put him right In tae nor tongue, Taylor Poems (1787) 93. Abd. Sae doun he leans, sair dung, upon a dyke, Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 47. Per. Now wi' eild, alas! I'm dung, Nicol Poems (1766) 103. (2) Sc. He was quite dung (JAM.). 6. To move violently, restlessly, in an ill-temper. War.3 Don't ding about in that way. Hence Ding-fuz, sb. a temper, pet; anger. Nhp.1 She's gone off in a ding-fuz. 7. Of rain: to fall heavily, continuously. Gen. with on. Kcd. An awfu' show'r o' sna' and drift As ever dang down frae the lift, Burness Thrummy Cap (c. 1796) l. 36. Abd. Very common. It dang on a' day (W.M.); It's dingin' on, isn't? MacDonald Alec Forbes (1876) 193. Frf. But will it be a saft cowdie sweet ding on? Barrie Minister (1891) xxxi; The rain was dingin' on gey heavy, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 51, ed. 1889. Per. Sair dings the rain upon the road, It dings ─ an' nae devallin', Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 20; The roof's sae bad, when rain dings on, It draps through ev'ry place, Nicol Poems (1766) 129. Edb. The night turn'd dark an' dang on rain, Liddle Poems (1821) 226. 8. To work hard. Glo.1 I was tired, vor I had bin dingin' away aal night and aal day. 9. Comb. with adv. (1) To be dung by, to be confined by some ailment; (2) to ding on, to walk rapidly; (3) to ding out, to extinguish. (1) Abd. (JAM.) (2) w.Yks.2 He went dinging on. (3) Per. The wind then, And rain dings out my light, Nicol Poems (1766) 129. e.Yks.1 Kettle's tumbl'd ower and ding'd fire oot. 10. phr. (1) To ding donnart, to stupefy; (2) ding on the nose, to taunt, reprove; (3) ding oneself, to vex oneself, worry; (4) ding out the bottom of anything, to make an end of anything. (1) Sc. My head is well-nigh dung-donnart, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) xxvi; Just dung donnart wi' learning, {Scott St. Ronan (1824) xvi. s.Sc. Nocht dings ane donnart suner than study, Watson Bards (1859) 193. (2) Nhp.1 In vain I seek pity, with plaints and despairings, Always dinged on the nose with the wake, Clare Rur. Life, 158; Nhp.2 (3) s.Sc., Lth. (JAM.) (4) Sc. I am hopeful that the bottom of their plots shall be dung out, Baillie Lett. II. 68 (JAM.). 11. Comb. (1) Ding-dew, a splay-footed person, one who walks with his toes much turned out; (2) Ding-dang or Ding-dong, (a) in rapid succession, speedily, pell-mell; in earnest, with a will; (b) fast, speedy; (c) great, startling, extraordinary; (d) noise, clatter, confusion; (3) Ding-drive, see Ding-dong (a); (4) Ding-dust, speedily, quickly; (5) Ding-thrift, a prodigal, spend-thrift. (1) Cum.1 (2, a) Sc. And gard the coppers flee ding dang At feasts and foys, Beattie Parings (1801) 39. ne.Sc. And at ony time bring wooers ding-dang to my door, Grant Keckleton, 10. Bch. The clink that haps baith back an' belly I tell ding dang, Forbes Shop Bill (1742) 21. Abd. The knible elves about her ate ding dang, Ross Helenore (1768) 68, ed. 1812. Fif. Multitudes that thick and thrang Frae ilk inlett ran in ding-dang, Tennant Papistry (1827) 167. Dmb. Ye knock chairs and stools a' ding dang, Taylor Poems (1827) 39. Rnf. O gar ideas rise, ding dang, At gleesome rate, Picken Poems (1813) II. 22. Edb. I heard how things came on ding dang, To cow this vanity and show, Macneill Bygane Times (1811) 47. Peb. Braw whisky sellers served me lang, When bodies hapit in ding-dang, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 91. Rxb. These rhymers rise ding dang, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 18. w.Yks. An' ther's sum wimmen 'at con fairly goa at it ding-dong all t'day long, as t'owd rhyme hes it, Yks. Wkly. Post (Mar. 27, 1897). Lan.1 He goes at it ding-dong. Chs.1 As soon as ever he heered of it, he started off ding-dong. Der.2 Nhp.1 I'll set to it, ding-dong. War.1; War.2 Common. ‘Here goes ding-dong for a dumpling,’ is a War. phrase, probably derived from the old sport of bobbing with the mouth for balm dumplings immersed in hot water; War.3 Brks.1 Men who in fighting hit hard and do not trouble to guard are said to go at it ‘ding dong.’ w.Som.1 We zeed eens we'd a-got vor to do it, zo we in to it ding-dong, hammer and tongs, and twadn very long about. (b) War.3 Wor. The first half of the game was of a ding-dong, exciting character, Evesham Jrn. (Jan. 23, 1897). (c) s.Chs.1 Only used, I think, in negative sentences. Ahy)v got·n ŭ job ŭt Mau·pŭs fŭr ŭ bit·, bùt ahy dù)nŭ ky'ae·r aan·ithin ŭbuw·t it; dhŭ wai·jiz bin nùth·in ver·i ding-dongg [I've gotten a job at Maupas for a bit, but I dunna care annythin' abowt it; the wages bin nothin' very ding-dong]. (d) Per. The gudewife is keepin' up a ding-dong frae mornin' tae nicht, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 232. War. B'ham Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893). Dev. The ding-dong of hounds, Memoir J. Russell, 13. [A sudden storm rush down the sky's highway, Sweep thro' the streets with terrible ding dong, Fielding T. Thumb (1730) II. x.] (3) Cum.1 Lan.1 He goes at it ding-dong. e.Lan.1 (4) Ant. He drove ding dust down the lane (W.H.P.). (5) w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703); w.Yks.4 12. To make a heavy, ringing sound. Ess. (W.W.S.) Hence (1) Dinging, vbl. sb. noise; a buzzing sound in the ears; (2) Dinging the bees, phr. the noise produced by hammering on iron pots, &c., when bees swarm. (1) Cum. There's ayways sec a dingin, Blamire Poet. Wks. (ed. 1842) 212. Brks.1 (2) Ess. (W.W.S.) 13. To reiterate, repeat, importune; to harp on one subject; esp. in phr. to ding in to some one, to repeat till understood, to force into the understanding. Sc. (A.W.) Nhb. So, if ye please, aw'll myek an end, My sang ne farther dingin, Gilchrist Sngs. (1824) 15; Nhb.1, Dur.1, Cum. (M.P.) Wm. He wad allus ding it inta yan to deea what was reet ta ivv'rybody body (B.K.). e.Yks.1 At last Ah ding'd it intiv him. w.Yks. (J.T.); Obsol., Leeds Merc. (Jan. 3, 1891); w.Yks.3 Lan. ‘We'd better have a tongue for th' dinner to morn; it's o great while sin we had any.’... ‘I'm sure I've had thine dingin oway for thirty year,’ Gaskel Comic Sngs. (1841) 19; Davies Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855) 271. Der. I cannot ding it into him, Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.); Der.2 Lin. Brookes Tracts Gl. n.Lin.1 Doan't ding so, bairn. s.Lin. You'll hae a job to ding it into his tough he'd (T.H.R.). Rut.1 Don't go on dinging me. I don't want to be dung to death. He almost ding'd me to death to buy his basket. w.Wor.1 I'm tired to death o' hearin' 'im dingin' about that lad o' 'is bein' so mighty clever. Shr.1 Obsol. ‘The Missis 'as bin dingin' at me,’ said Mary Davies, ‘about Bessey knittin' the Maister a stockin' in a day.’ Brks.1 A dinged ut into I zo as I was glad to get awaay. e.An.1, Nrf.1 I.W.1 I'll ding it into es ears. w.Som.1 Aay dhau-rt aay núv·ur shèod·n ding· ut een·tu dhu ai·d oa un [I thought I never should drive it into his head]. You can't do nort else: you must keep on dingin away. Dev.3 Tidden no us tü go dinging on tü me like that there. Cor.1 He dinged it into my ears from morning to night; Cor.2 14. phr. (1) To ding in some one's teeth, to bring up old offences, to charge, accuse; (2) ding over, to gossip, backbite, discuss some one when absent; (3) ding up, to reproach, upbraid, reflect upon. (1) Lakel. He wad ding it in his teeth that his mudder powled him, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum. (M.P.) Wm. Thoo needn't ding that i' mi teeth (B.K.). w.Yks.4 s.Lan. He keeps dingin' it in hur teeth (S.B.). (2) w.Yks. I'm nut one o' t'sooart to go peylin up an' dahn dingin fowk ovver, Saunterer's Satchel (1876) 28. (3) w.Yks. It's noa use thee dingin me up abaat Susy, Hartley Clock Alm. (1893) 25; Tha'rt allus dingin' me up wi' some'at (S.K.C.); w.Yks.1 I wadn't be dung up wi' him, ii. 294; w.Yks.5 Lan. Donnot yo think ot yo'd ding mi up o'er him? Lahee Owd Yem, 32. e.Lan.1 Don't keep dinging me up time after time. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). 15. sb. A blow. Ayr. He swore that he gave her only a ding out of his way, Galt Provost (1822) xiii; Gien me a ding on the side o' the head, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 28. n.Cy. (P.R.) Cum. He gev meh a ding i' th' back (E.W.P.). n.Yks.2, Not. (J.H.B.) n.Lin.1 I'll fetch thĕ a ding oher thy heäd if ta ses anuther wo'd. s.Lin. If yah doönt drop it, and quick, I'll gi'e y'r sich a ding yah weänt forgit it (T.H.R.) Nhp.2 e.An.1 Particularly with the back of the hand. Cmb.1 And she'll ‘fetch’ him such a ding with her open hand. Nrf. I'll gie you a rare ding on the chaps presently (W.R.E.); I caught him the sweetest ding o' the chaps, Spilling Daisy Dimple (1885) 23; Nrf.1, e.Suf. (F.H.) 16. Noise, confusion; a buzzing noise in the ear. n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 ‘A ding an a stour,’ a commotion and dust. ‘A ding an a dordum,’ general uproariousness. m.Yks.1 War.3 I had such a ding in my head all day. Shr.1 Dear 'eart! I've sich a ding i' my ears, jest like a swarm o' bees. 17. Anger, temper.

War.3 He was in such a ding all day.

DING, v.2 Sc. Nhb. Cum. War. [diŋ.] Used imprecatively, ‘damn.’ Cf. dang, v.2 Sc. (A.W.) N.Cy.1 Ding it, but thou's an ass. Nhb.1, Cum.1 War. Ding me if I remember a sample to match her, Geo. Eliot S. Marner (1861) 149.