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ding-dong definition

ding·-dong (diŋ′dôŋ′, -däng′)

noun

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

Etymology: 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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