ding dong
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪŋ(ɡ)ˈdɒŋ(ɡ)/
Interjection
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- (onomatopoeia, colloquial, often childish) The sound made by a bell or doorbell.
- Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well!
Who put her in? Little Johnny Thin.
Who pulled her out? Little Tommy Stout. — Traditional English nursery rhyme
- Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well!
- (colloquial) A general exclamation of surprise or approval.
- — "Here's a photo of my new girlfriend."
- — "Ding dong!"
- 1959, Leslie Phillips as Jack Bell, Carry On Nurse, written by Norman Hudis, Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors, OCLC 885193506, retrieved 2017-11-10, 0:44:35 from the start:
- Ding dong, you're not wrong.
Translations
onomatopoeia for the sound of a doorbell
Noun
ding dong (plural ding dongs)
- (colloquial, derogatory) An idiot.
- My girlfriend's math teacher is a ding dong.
- (colloquial, often humorous, euphemistic) A penis.
- What do you mean booze ain't food? I'd rather chop off my ding dong than admit that!
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