Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US, uncountable)A children's prank in which a doorbell of a home is rung, and then the pranksters run or cycle away before the occupants of the home open the door.

    Klingelmännchen, Klingelstreich, Klingelputzen

    стучать и убегатьstučatʹ i ubegatʹ

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
ringing someone's door bell and running away:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ringing someone's door bell and running away:

Origin

From ding-dong (“sound made by a door bell”) + ditch (“to abandon”).

From ding-dong (“sound made by a door bell”) + ditch (“to abandon”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ding-dong ditch — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto