ding dong

See ding-dong

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪŋ(ɡ)ˈdɒŋ(ɡ)/

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ding dong

1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial, often childish) The sound made by a bell; especially, that made by a 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)

2. (colloquial) A general exclamation of surprise or approval.

   — Here's a photo of my new girlfriend. — Ding dong!

   • 1959, Norman Hudis, 0:44:35 from the start, in Carry On Nurse (motion picture), spoken by Jack Bell (Leslie Phillips), Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors, →OCLC, retrieved 2017-11-10:

     Ding dong, you're not wrong.

ding dong (plural ding dongs)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) Alternative form of ding-dong; an idiot.

   Synonyms: ding-a-ling; see also Thesaurus:idiot

   My girlfriend's math teacher is a ding dong.

2. (colloquial, often humorous, euphemistic) Alternative form of ding-dong; a penis.

   Synonyms: ding-a-ling, schlong; see also Thesaurus:penis

• Dongding, gnodding