dings

Minor surface dents

Dings is the plural of ding—small dents or nicks, typically in a surface: The car had a few dings in the door.

Dings can also mean minor charges or penalties: My credit report has a couple of dings on it.

As a verb form, dings means to damage slightly or to penalize: Every late payment dings your score.

damage

dent

Shallow surface depression

  • scratchSuperficial wound or mark
  • nickShallow surface cut
  • scuffSurface scrape or scratch

chip · gouge · blemish · mark · imperfection · fender-bender · bumper · bodywork · paintwork · panel

sound

chime

Melodic bell sound

clang · bell · tone · jingle · ting · peal · toll · knell · clink · clatter

notification

alert

Warning or watchfulness

  • pingBrief metallic tone
  • chimeMelodic bell sound
  • beepShort electronic tone

tone · notification · reminder · message · app · phone · email · text · update · pop-up

penalty

deduction

Conclusion from premises

  • penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
  • demeritPunitive mark recorded
  • markVisible impression or sign

point · infraction · violation · citation · fee · fine · charge · dock · subtract · record

Categories
Opposites
surface damage severity

dingsgashes

Deep, jagged incisions

gouges · smashes · crushes · total losses · demolitions

surface condition

dingsmint condition

Perfect, unused state

flawless · unblemished · perfect · immaculate · smooth

sound quality (onomatopoeia)

dingsthuds

Dull impact sounds

booms · crashes · bangs · thumps · rumbles

Phrases
Family

ding, dinged, dinging, dinger, dingle

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G