dinge
Americannoun
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the condition of being dingy.
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Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
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Etymology
Origin of dinge
First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from dingy
Example Sentences
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A little bell kept dinging in my head and seemed to be saying, “Something isn’t right. Something isn’t right.”
From Literature
Beatlemania had dinged his appeal so perilously that editor Jonathan Redmond splices its arrival with images of car crashes and missile attacks.
From Los Angeles Times
Were Chock and Bates’s own slips dinged too harshly?
Your credit score might get dinged slightly for a month or two.
From MarketWatch
Trade shocks and signs of a slowing economy sparked a “Sell America” trade that dinged U.S. assets.
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