Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ding \Ding\, n.
   A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

Ding \Ding\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinged}, {Dang} (Obs.), or
   {Dung} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinging}.] [OE. dingen,
   dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat,
   hammer, Sw. d["a]nga, G. dengeln.]
   1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.]

            To ding the book a coit's distance from him.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To cause to sound or ring.

   {To ding (anything) in one's ears}, to impress one by noisy
      repetition, as if by hammering.

Ding \Ding\, v. i.
   1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.]

            Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. --Piers
                                                  Plowman.

   2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.

            The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore
            dinging among the mountain echoes.    --W. Irving.

   3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to
      bluster. [Low]

Source : WordNet®

ding
     v : go `ding dong', like a bell [syn: {dong}, {dingdong}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

ding
     
        1. Synonym for {feep}.  Usage: rare among hackers, but
        commoner in the {Real World}.
     
        2. "dinged": What happens when someone in authority gives you
        a minor bitching about something, especially something
        trivial.  "I was dinged for having a messy desk."
     
        [{Jargon File}]