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Webster 1913 Edition


ding-dong

ding′dongˊ

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ding-dong

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Noun.
[See
Ding
.]
1.
The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ding-dong

DING-DONG

, Words used to express the sound of bells.

Definition 2024


ding-dong

ding-dong

See also: dingdong and ding dong

English

Adjective

ding-dong (comparative more ding-dong, superlative most ding-dong)

  1. (informal) Closely fought.
    • 2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC:
      It was first blood to the Black Cats in the ding-dong clash when Bardsley, a right-footer playing on the left, collected the ball from just inside his own half and sped up to the edge of the area before launching an effort which appeared to confuse Petr Cech in goal.

Noun

ding-dong (plural ding-dongs)

  1. Alternative form of ding dong (sound made by a bell)
  2. (slang) A woman's breast.
  3. A fight, an argument; a set-to.
  4. An idiot.
  5. An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:fight
  • See also Wikisaurus:breasts

Verb

ding-dong (third-person singular simple present ding-dongs, present participle ding-donging, simple past and past participle ding-donged)

  1. (intransitive) To ring with two tones, like a bell swinging back and forth.