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Definition of Ding-dong
1. Noun. The noise made by a bell.
Definition of Ding-dong
1. Adjective. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of ding dong) (gloss sound made by a bell) ¹
3. Noun. (slang) A woman's breast. ¹
4. Noun. A fight, an argument. ''Citations'' ¹
5. Noun. A set-to. ¹
6. Noun. An idiot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ding-dong
Literary usage of Ding-dong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"Full one thousand and hundreds five, Ding dong, dong ding dong ! ... At the first
stroke of Ángelus At the first stroke of Ángelus, Ding dong, dong ding ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"The passing-bell, ding dong ! ding dong IA mighty empire's head ; The world too
small with its countless throng. And now a coffin is too long. ..."
3. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"272 DING DONG! DING DONG! ELIZA LEE POLLEN Dingdong! ding dong! ... Ding dong!
ding dong! I 'll sing you a song About my little kitty; She's speckled all ..."
4. Shakespeare in Music: A Collation of the Chief Musical Allusions in the by Louis Charles Elson (1901)
"3=S= s3i= ±M~ - 3 -i—r SE ding-dong,ding-dong, bell, ding-dong, ding-dong, bell,
ra//. 4: -1 h ding-dong, ding-dong, bell ding-dong, ding-dong, bell. ..."
5. Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age by Arthur Henry Bullen (1901)
"DING DONG, DONG. WHILST we sing the doleful knell Of this princess' passing-bell,
Let the woods and valleys ring Echoes to our sorrowing ; And the tenor of ..."
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