Meaning

6 senses

  1. One of several sounds that might be made by a bell.

    Near-synonyms: ding-a-ling, ring-a-ding, ringaling, tingaling

    the noise made by a bell

  2. (slang)A woman's breast.

  3. (slang)A penis.

  4. (slang)A fight, an argument; a set-to.

  5. (slang)An idiot.

  6. An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

Origin

Mid 16th century, imitative of the alternate chimes of a bell.

Mid 16th century, imitative of the alternate chimes of a bell.

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Forms

plural: ding-dongs

Synonyms

385 synonyms
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Word family

2 related words
Derivedding-dong ditchding-dong theory

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dinedinerdingdingbatdingedinghy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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