dinge
[noun]
Synonyms: sadness, blues, dejection, depression, dumps, gloom, heavyheartedness, melancholy, mournfulness, unhappiness

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dinge verb² trans. [dɪn(d)ʒ] dial. & colloq. E19.
[from DINGY adjective.]
Make dingy.

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dinge noun¹. [dɪn(d)ʒ] E17.
[Origin unkn.: rel. to DINGE verb¹.]
A depression in the surface of something, caused by a blow; a dint.

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dinge noun². [dɪn(d)ʒ] dial. & colloq. E19.
[from DINGE verb² or back-form. from DINGY adjective.]
Dinginess, drabness; darkness. Formerly, a dark night.
■ J. R. Ackerley The dust and dinge of the cluttered house.

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dinge noun³ & adjective. [dɪn(d)ʒ] US slang. offensive. M19.
[from DINGY adjective.]
A. noun. A black person M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to black people or their jazz-playing. M19.

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dinge verb¹ trans. [dɪn(d)ʒ] Orig. dial. E17.
[Origin unkn.: goes with DINGE noun¹.]
Make an impression in the surface of; dent, dint; damage.

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