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dinge¹

  • /dɪnd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ɪndʒ

Where it comes from

From dingy.

noun dinges

  1. uncountable Dinginess. The bathroom is smeared with fingerprints and painted dingy white, not the most flattering light. Jon wouldn’t feel like an artist without a certain amount of dinge around.
  2. US, countable, dated, slang A black person. ‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’

dinge²

  • /dɪnd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ɪndʒ

Where it comes from

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

verb dinges · dingeing · dinged

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

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@misc{dinge_2026,
  title = {dinge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dinge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}