Dinge

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪndÊ’/

Origin

From dingy.

Full definition of dinge

Noun

1. Dinginess.
2. (US slang, dated) A black person.
• 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010 p. 3:‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’
• 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 46:‘You made a hit with the dinge,’ Bob was saying.

Derived terms

• dinge queen

Verb

1. To strike, scourge, or beat.
2. To flog, as in penance

Derived terms

• dinged-up

Anagrams

• deign