Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The peal of a bell.
- noun Slang An empty-headed person; a fool.
- intransitive verb To ring; jingle.
- adjective Characterized by a hammering exchange, as of blows.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
ding dong (sound made by a bell) - noun slang A woman's
breast . - noun A
fight , anargument ; aset-to . - noun An
idiot .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Reptile leaned forward and hit the button three times, fast -- _ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong.
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The Reptile leaned forward and hit the button three times, fast -- _ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong.
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He was widely criticized for the comment.8.39pm: Now there's a ding-dong battle going on about Newt Gingrich's huge fees from Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored housing mortgage agency.
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What commenced is what history will record as Barack Obama's Big Jobs pitch, a rousing ding-dong wood shedding -- this president's finest in more than a calendar year and by far the most passionate a mostly dispassionate leader has given since taking office.
James Campion: The Joe Cool Double-Reverse Hail Mary James Campion 2011
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Another night, I had just got into bed hoping for an early night when the familiar ding-dong of the public address system disturbed the peace of my room.
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If I insist then on adding how she made bizarre whooping noises and whenever the doors to the subway closed with the accompanying ding-dong sound, Emma cheerfully sang out, "Gank - You!" replicating the exact tone of the warning sound, one is left with a very different sense of who she is.
Ariane Zurcher: A Balanced View on Autism Ariane Zurcher 2010
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What commenced is what history will record as Barack Obama's Big Jobs pitch, a rousing ding-dong wood shedding -- this president's finest in more than a calendar year and by far the most passionate a mostly dispassionate leader has given since taking office.
James Campion: The Joe Cool Double-Reverse Hail Mary James Campion 2011
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If I insist then on adding how she made bizarre whooping noises and whenever the doors to the subway closed with the accompanying ding-dong sound, Emma cheerfully sang out, "Gank - You!" replicating the exact tone of the warning sound, one is left with a very different sense of who she is.
Ariane Zurcher: A Balanced View on Autism Ariane Zurcher 2010
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Go and have a look, and please comment -- Frank has called for non-US readers to comment as most of the ding-dong is from within the US.
Libraries Maxine 2009
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If I insist then on adding how she made bizarre whooping noises and whenever the doors to the subway closed with the accompanying ding-dong sound, Emma cheerfully sang out, "Gank - You!" replicating the exact tone of the warning sound, one is left with a very different sense of who she is.
Ariane Zurcher: A Balanced View on Autism Ariane Zurcher 2010
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