dinge

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪnd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɪndʒ === Etymology 1 === From dingy. ==== Noun ==== dinge (countable and uncountable, plural dinges) (uncountable) Dinginess. (US slang, dated, countable) A black person. ===== Derived terms ===== dinge queen === Etymology 2 === From Middle English *dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *dangijan, from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hit”). ==== Verb ==== dinge (third-person singular simple present dinges, present participle dingeing, simple past and past participle dinged) to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in to flog, as in penance ===== Derived terms ===== dinged-up === Anagrams === nidge, gnide, negid, deign, Edgin, digne, Niğde, Dieng == Afrikaans == === Noun === dinge plural of ding == Dutch == === Verb === dinge (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dingen == Irish == === Noun === dinge f genitive singular of ding (“wedge; thickset person”) === Noun === dinge f genitive singular of ding (“dint”) === Mutation ===