ding-a-ling

See also: dingaling

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

ding-a-ling (plural ding-a-lings)

1. The sound of a small bell; the sound of a fire engine bell.

   Synonym: ting-a-ling

   Coordinate terms: jingle, tinkle; bong, dong

   Near-synonym: ding-dong

   The ding-a-ling from the fire truck somehow filled him with more dread than its horn blasts could: for whom does that bell toll?

2. (slang) An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person.

   Synonyms: ding-dong, dingbat; see also Thesaurus:idiot

   Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling!

3. (slang, childish) The penis.

   Synonyms: ding-dong, schlong; see also Thesaurus:penis

   They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone.

Translations

sound of a small bell; of a fire engine

• German: Klingling n, Klingeling n, Tatütata n (fire engine, police siren)

eccentric or crazy person

• German: Hohlkopf (de) m (colloquial, pejorative), Bekloppter m (colloquial), Bekloppte f

dick — see dick

Adjective

ding-a-ling (comparative more ding-a-ling, superlative most ding-a-ling)

1. (slang) Attractive.

   Joe is so ding-a-ling, I think I'm in love.

See also

• onomatopoeia

Anagrams

• liganding