Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Dung \Dung\, n. [AS. dung; akin to G. dung, d["u]nger, OHG.
tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG.
tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung.
Cf. {Dingy}.]
The excrement of an animal. --Bacon.
Dung \Dung\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dunged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dunging}.]
1. To manure with dung. --Dryden.
2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath
of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the
superfluous mordant.
Dung \Dung\, v. i.
To void excrement. --Swift.
Source : WordNet®
dung
n : fecal matter of animals [syn: {droppings}, {muck}]
v 1: fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land"
2: defecate; used of animals