ding vs ring out

ding

verb
  • To make high-pitched sound like a bell. 

  • To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell. 

  • To hit or strike. 

  • To fire or reject. 

  • To mishit (a golf ball). 

  • To level up. 

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

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

  • To dash; to throw violently. 

noun
  • The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell. 

  • A rejection. 

  • The act of levelling up. 

  • An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. 

  • Very minor damage, a small dent or chip. 

  • An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy. 

ring out

verb
  • To sound clearly and loudly. 

  • To eliminate the middlemen in a circular pattern of transactions. 

  • To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number. 

  • To equalize a sound system to eliminate feedback. 

  • To throw (an opponent) out of the arena, thereby winning. 

noun
  • A win in a fighting game obtained by throwing one's opponent out of the arena. 

How often have the words ding and ring out occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )