Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word DING-DONG

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Definitions of DING-DONG

1. A fight, an argument; a set-to.
2. An idiot.
3. An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.
4. A sound made by a bell.
5. (informal) Closely fought.
6. (colloquial) A woman's breast.
7. (colloquial) A penis.
8. (intransitive) To ring with two tones, like a bell swinging back and forth.

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Examples of Using DING-DONG in a Sentence

• The Douglas AIR-2 Genie ("Ding-Dong") unguided air-to-air missile enters service with the United States Air Force.
• The series of "bells" echo the imagined sounds of the various bells, from the silver bells following the klip-klop of the horses, to the "dong, ding-dong" of the swinging golden and iron bells, to screeching "whee-aaah" of the brazen bells.
• The doorbell store's mascot, Señor Ding-Dong, appears and silences the bell with one crack of his whip; when he tries to leave, though, his car will not start.
• Other notable songs on the LP included "Ding-Dong", "Romanse za grosz" and "Ballada łomżyńska", the latter with a contribution from the legendary Polish musician Czesław Niemen.
• Following the creation of a non-profit organization by the owner of the Washington Redskins, Colbert said that he would create the "Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever" in order to bring attention to the hypocrisy of the name.
• In the humorous typology of what he considered to be fanciful theories on the origin of languages, Max Müller contrasted bow-wow theory with pooh-pooh theory, which holds that the original language consisted of interjections; and with ding-dong theory, which posits that humans were originally a kind of improved bell capable of making all sounds.
• Comedy Central aired a segment of The Colbert Report that attempted to satirize the establishment of the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation by proposing a foundation called the "Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever".
• Lee Seon-joo as Seong Jin-ah, Frog, Deojidoo, Robin, Snake Ding-Dong, Peace, Saurus, Pipi, Batpet and Scorpion.
• "Razzle-Dazzle", written by Jesse Stone, had been a 1956 hit for Bill Haley & His Comets, while "Giddy Up a Ding-Dong" was originally recorded by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, who toured the UK with Steele in May 1957.

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