ding-dong

(diŋdôŋ′, -däng′)

noun

  1. the sound of a bell being rung
  2. Slang ding-a-ling

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
  1. The peal of a bell.
  2. Slang An empty-headed person; a fool.
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.

Origin:

Origin: Imitative

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