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Page 25 of 56 for the letter D

dang, deng, denger, ding, ding$er, ding$r, dingdang, ding-dang, dinge, dinged, dinger, dingin, dingit, ding-on, dingt, dung, ondin, onding, on-ding, ootdang, ootding, ootdung, outdang, outding, rumdinger,
ding [dɪŋ]
n. A knock or blow. A smart push, a nudge.
v. To strike, hit, surpass, get the better of.
pt. dang [daŋ]
pp. dung [dʌŋ], dingt, dinged [ˈdɪŋd] adj. dung, dingit Stricken, knocked, surpassed, etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ding dang: Speedily, in rapid succession, pell-mell, helter-skelter, in confusion.
ding dinty: To beat everything.
ding doun: Overthrow.
dinger [-ər]: A smashing blow, a masterful or vigorous person, a vigorous course of action.
dingin: Striking, hitting etc.
gae ane's dinger: Go at something very vigorously or boisterously. To become extremely angry.
onding, ding-on: A downpour, a fall of snow.
ootding: Exceed, beat, surpass.
rumdinger: SW. An exceptionally good thing.
sair dung: Hard-pressed.
dindge, dinge, dinnage,
dinge [SW. U. dɪn(d)ʒ]
n. A blow, the impression made by a blow, a dent.
v. To dent, bruise etc., to indent.
dinghie, dinghied, dinghies, dinghy, dinghyed, dingie, dingied, dingies, dingy, dingyed, dingys,
dinghy [dɪŋi]
n. A small boat often inflateable and made of rubber.
pl. dinghies
v. sl. To ignore someone, to cold shoulder. From the resemblance of a dinghy to a big rubber ear.
pt. pp. sl. dinghied
 
From Bengali ḍiṅgi
dingel, dingeling, dinglan, dingle, dinglin,
dingle [dɪŋl]
v. To tingle, vibrate, resound, jingle, dent, mark with an impression. I.Sh. To wander aimlessly, to potter.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dinglin [ˈdɪŋlɪn]: Tingling, vibrating, jingling.
Dengleton, Dennleton, Dingleton,
Dingleton [ˈdɛnltən, ˈdɛŋltən, ˈdɪŋltən]
pn. Dingleton (Melrose, Borders).
bail$a_chàil, Ballichal, Dingwal, Dingwall,
Dingwall [ˈdɪŋwal]
pn. Dingwall (Ross and Cromarty).
 
The Gaelic nickname for the town is bail'a chàil
bedink, denk, dink, dinkie, dinkit, dinklie, dinkly, dinky,
dink [dɪŋk, dɛŋk]
adj. Of women: neat, trim, finely dressed. Prim, precise, haughty.
adv. Neatly, sprucely, trimly.
v. To dress neatly or sprucely, to adorn.
pt. pp. dinkit
 
dinky
adj. Neat, trim.
 
dinkly [dɪŋkli, dɛŋkli]
adv. Neatly, sprucely, trimly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bedink [bəˈ-]: To bedeck.
dinmont,
dinmont [ˈdɪnmɔnt]
n. A wether between one and a half and two and a half years old.
dinnan, dinnan, dinnen, dunnan, dunnen, dunny,
dinnen [ˈdɪnən, ˈdʌnən]
n. MN. The thornback ray Raja clavata.
dannle, dindle, dinle, dinlin, dinnel, dinnelin, dinnell, dinnellin, dinnelt, dinnle, dinnled, dinnlin, dunled, dunlin, dunnelt, dunnle, dunnlin,
dinnle [ˈdɪn(ə)l, ˈdan(ə)l]
n. A vibration, tremor. A vibrating or tingling sensation, such as is caused by a knock on the elbow, a sharp knock, causing such a sensation. A rattling or rumbling noise, a peal of thunder.
v. To tremble, to shake, to vibrate. To tingle with cold or pain. To cause to tremble, vibrate, or tingle with pain.
pt. pp. dinnelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dinnlin [ˈdɪnlɪn]: Vibrating, tingling.

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