dinged-up

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dinged-up

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see ding (v.)

adjective more dinged-up · most dinged-up · dinged up

battered, dented by blows, injured “Besides the possible concussion, I'm going to guess at least two dinged-up ribs—” She paused, probing, while he did his best not to lose his dignity and throw up on her very clean, white athletic shoes.

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adj battered, dented

Deutsch	ramponiert
Русский	помя́тый pomjátyj

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@misc{dinged_up_2026,
  title = {dinged-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dinged-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}