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Definition of Dingdong
1. Adverb. Heartily or earnestly. "They fell to work dingdong"
2. Verb. Go 'ding dong', like a bell.
Definition of Dingdong
1. n. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.
Definition of Dingdong
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of ding-dong) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dingdong
1. to make a ringing sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dingdong
Literary usage of Dingdong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Steps with American and British Authors by Albert Franklin Blaisdell (1899)
"dingdong! dingdong! dingdong! Now he raises his clear, loud voice above all the
din of the town; it drowns the buzzing talk of many tongues, and draws each ..."
2. Trial of Charles Pinney, Esq. in the Court of King's Bench, on an by Gurney, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1833)
"He reminds us of dingdong, who would have taken his sheep to the devil's market;
... We do not think the Attorney-General will imitate dingdong, and try to ..."
3. Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues by Kathleen C. Faller (1995)
""Who has a 'dingdong' ?" "Did you ever see one?" "Whose did you see? ...
"Did anyone ever try to do something to you with a 'dingdong' ? ..."
4. Children's Plays by Eleanor Louise Skinner, Ada Maria Skinner (1918)
"dingdong! Ding dong! Hear one and all, The brave Sir Nicholas Hildebrand Has ...
dingdong! The knight, Sir Nicholas Hildebrand, Has just returned from the ..."
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