dingy

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English ding Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dingy From ding + -y.

1. Resembling or characteristic of a ding (the sound).

   “I love it when they hit. You know the sound when they hit? That dingy sound, it’s like faster, and contained somehow? That’s a great sound. Happens like a fraction of a second before you know what you’ve hit, before you figure it out.”

   “I remember we had a small electronic toy that had hot lines and made dingy sounds where you tried to eat all the pellets before the boxes with yellow inside them got you. Father said this was one of the first toys ever to be made and we were awe-struck by it.”

noun

1. Alternative form of dinghy.

verb

1. Alternative form of dinghy.