dinge

plural dinges

1. uncountableDinginess.

   The bathroom is smeared with fingerprints and painted dingy white, not the most flattering light. Jon wouldn’t feel like an artist without a certain amount of dinge around.

   1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

2. UScountabledatedslangA black person.

   ‘You made a hit with the dinge,’ Bob was saying.

   1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 46

   1 more example

   ‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’

   1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 3

present singular third person dinges · participle present dingeing · participle past dinged · past dinged

1. to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
2. to flog, as in penance