dinge

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See also: Dinge and dìng'é

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From dingy.

Noun

dinge (countable and uncountable, plural dinges)

  1. Dinginess.
  2. (US slang, dated, countable) A black person.
    • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 3:
      ‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’
    • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 46:
      ‘You made a hit with the dinge,’ Bob was saying.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *dangijan, from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hit”).

Verb

dinge (third-person singular simple present dinges, present participle dingeing, simple past and past participle dinged)

  1. to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
  2. to flog, as in penance
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Afrikaans

Noun

dinge

  1. plural of ding

Dutch

Verb

dinge

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dingen

Irish

Noun

dinge f

  1. genitive singular of ding (“wedge; thickset person”)

Noun

dinge f

  1. genitive singular of ding (“dint”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dinge dhinge ndinge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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