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Ding
From Openwaterpedia
noun, verb - A ding is bodily damage due to unsportsmanlike conduct of another swimmer in an open water race or due to hitting a pier, flotsam, jetty or boat. To be dinged is to get hurt, cut or injured in an open water race.
Origin[edit]
Ding means surfboard damage due to hitting something or someone with one's surfboard.
Usage[edit]
He was all dinged up after swimming in the middle of the scrum during the entire race.
