Ding

ding, v.t. to throw, dash, or hurl: to beat: ( arch. ) to urge or enforce: ( Scot. ) to defeat, non-plus—also, as v.i. , to be defeated: to descend, fall, as of continued heavy rain or snow falling.— Ding doun ( Scot. ), to knock or throw down. [M. E. dingen ; cf. Ice. dengja , Sw. dänga , to bang.]