1. making a ringing metallic sound
Usage: present participle of ‘ding’
2. striking or hitting something, especially causing a small dent
Usage: informal

Examples

• The bell kept dinging every few minutes.
• I heard the elevator dinging as it reached each floor.
• He was dinging the car door against the garage wall.
• The shopping cart was dinging against the metal railing.
• The wind chimes were dinging softly in the breeze.
• She accidentally kept dinging her spoon against the bowl.