Meaning

3 senses
  1. The sound of a small bell; the sound of a fire engine bell.

    The ding-a-ling from the fire truck somehow filled him with more dread than its horn blasts could: for whom does that bell toll?

    Klingling, Klingeling, Tatütata

  2. (slang)An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person.

    Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling!

    Hohlkopf, Bekloppter, Bekloppte

  3. (childish, slang)The penis.

    They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone.

Translations

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By meaning 2
sound of a small bell; of a fire engine:
eccentric or crazy person:

Origin

Imitative. The penis sense may be an alteration of dingling, a diminutive of ding (“penis”

Imitative. The penis sense may be an alteration of dingling, a diminutive of ding (“penis”).

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