ding

Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.

Mike hit the bottom and picked up a little ding on his head.

If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If the ding is on the rail, run tape across the ding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles.

A rejection.

I just got my first ding letter.

To hit or strike.

To dash; to throw violently.

to ding the book a coit's distance from him

The butcher's axe (like great Alcides' bat) / Dings deadly downe ten thousand thousand flat.

To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.

If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board.

To fire or reject.

His top school dinged him last week.

To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.

My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.

[…] [E]mployees don't feel like they're going to get dinged on performance reviews because they had the same goals as a guy who had been there all 12 months with no leave.

The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.

The act of levelling up.