ding-donged; ding-donging; ding-dongs
1
: to make a ding-dong sound
2
: to repeat a sound or action tediously or insistently
chiefly British
: marked by a rapid exchange or alternation (as of blows)
a ding-dong battle
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Noun
Examples of ding-dong in a Sentence
Noun
there's always one ding-dong in the tour group who wanders off and gets lost
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
Ditch the classic ding-dong and instead opt for a more holiday-appropriate sound, like a howl, a cackling witch, or other creepy sounds.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
Up on the quite lush chopping block in season three is, appropriately, sibling No. 3, traveling ding-dong Colin.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
The mess-up puts Jamie and Marian in the crosshairs of a local crime organization headed by a soft-spoken brute known only as the Chief (Colman Domingo), who enlists two thuggish ding-dongs to get the suitcase back.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
More Doug, and less of Sebastian’s ding-dong, might have been an improvement here.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Not a very productive interrogation … that is until there’s a ding-dong at the door.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
Ditch the classic ding-dong and instead opt for a more holiday-appropriate sound, like a howl, a cackling witch, or other creepy sounds.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
Up on the quite lush chopping block in season three is, appropriately, sibling No. 3, traveling ding-dong Colin.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
The mess-up puts Jamie and Marian in the crosshairs of a local crime organization headed by a soft-spoken brute known only as the Chief (Colman Domingo), who enlists two thuggish ding-dongs to get the suitcase back.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
More Doug, and less of Sebastian’s ding-dong, might have been an improvement here.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
Adjective
Two San Antonio men were arrested on suspicion of robbing a teenager at gunpoint who reportedly pranked them while playing ding-dong ditch.
—Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2023
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“Ding-dong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ding-dong. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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