ding-dong

== English == === Alternative forms === ding dong, dingdong === Etymology === Mid 16th century, imitative of the alternate chimes of a bell. For sense of penis, compare Saterland Frisian Ding (“penis”), German Low German Dings (“penis”), English thing. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋˌdɒŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋˌdɔŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋˌdɑŋ/ === Adjective === ding-dong (not comparable) (informal) Closely fought. === Noun === ding-dong (plural ding-dongs) One of several sounds that might be made by a bell. Coordinate terms: jingle, tinkle; bong, dong; gong; bring, brring, brrring Near-synonyms: ding-a-ling, ring-a-ding, ringaling, tingaling (slang) A woman's breast. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breasts (slang) A penis. Synonyms: ding-a-ling, schlong; see also Thesaurus:penis (slang) A fight, an argument; a set-to. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fight (slang) An idiot. Synonyms: ding-a-ling, dingbat; see also Thesaurus:idiot An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ding-dong (third-person singular simple present ding-dongs, present participle ding-donging, simple past and past participle ding-donged) (intransitive) To ring with two tones, like a bell swinging back and forth. === Anagrams === Dongding == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English ding-dong. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋdɔŋ/ === Noun === ding-dong m (uncountable) (idiomatic) a sound made by a bell ==== Derived terms ==== bod ar y ding-dong (“to hesitate”) === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ding-dong”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies