ding-dong

(diŋ′dôŋ′, -däng′)

noun

Origin: echoic

adjective

Informal carried out, as a contest or fight, with continual, successive changes in the lead or advantage; vigorously contested

intransitive verb

to sound with a ding-dong

transitive verb

to impress by repeating

See ding-dong in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

intransitive verb ding-donged, ding-dong·ing, ding-dongs

To ring; jingle.

adjective

Characterized by a hammering exchange, as of blows: a ding-dong fight.

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Origin: Imitative

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