Meaning & use
Dinging
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Making a repeated ringing or clanging sound; informally, criticizing or penalizing someone.
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The elevator kept dinging every time the doors opened.
Reviewers were dinging the film for its slow pacing.
A note on using this word
The informal 'criticizing' sense is common in business and hiring contexts, as in 'getting dinged' during a job interview.
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