ding
Bell's brief cry
Ding is the sound of a bell or similar metallic ring—short, clear, and high-pitched: The elevator gave a ding.
It extends to any brief alert tone: My phone dinged with a notification.
To ding something is to make a small dent or nick: I dinged the car door in the parking lot.
A ding can also be a minor negative mark against someone: That mistake was a ding on his record.
Warning or watchfulness
pop-up · reminder · prompt · push · signal · ringtone · message · text
Shallow surface cut
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
- gougeConcave carving blade
- dimpleFacial skin depression
- dentShallow surface depression
bump · fender-bender · collision · impact · scuff · chip · blemish · mar
chime
Melodic bell sound
clang · gong · tinkle · jingle · clink · bong · carillon · knell · clapper · striker
alert
Warning or watchfulness
ping · pop-up · reminder · prompt · push · signal · ringtone · message · text · email
nick
Shallow surface cut
dent · bump · fender-bender · collision · impact · scuff · chip · blemish · mar · damage
call
Contact by phone
page · buzz · intercom · announce · arrival · elevator · microwave · timer · oven
knock
Strike-produced sound
blast · fault · nitpick · zing · penalize · deduct · dock · demerit · negative · review
- alert soundsalarm, beep, buzzer, chime, doorbell
- digital soundsbeep, chime, notification, ringtone, alert
- home alertsalarm, beep, buzzer, chime, doorbell
- machine soundshumming, buzzing, whirring, clanking, grinding
- musical soundsnote, chord, tone, melody, beat
- sound effectssound effects, sound effect, ringtone, boing, crash
- ding dongTwo-tone bell sound
- ding-dong ditchRing doorbell, then hide
- ding-dong ditchingPrank ringing then hiding
- ding dong ditchPranking by ringing doorbells
- ding dingRepeated bell tone
- door dingMinor vehicle damage from contact