ding dong

See also: dingdong and ding-dong

English

Examples

(onomatopoeia, colloquial, often childish) The sound made by a bell or doorbell.
- Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well!
  Who put her in? Little Johnny Thin.
  Who pulled her out? Little Tommy Stout. — Traditional English nursery rhyme
(colloquial) A general exclamation of surprise or approval.
— "Here's a photo of my new girlfriend."

— "Ding dong!"
- 1959, Leslie Phillips as Jack Bell, Carry On Nurse, written by Norman Hudis, Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors, OCLC 885193506, retrieved 2017-11-10, 0:44:35 from the start:
  Ding dong, you're not wrong.

onomatopoeia for the sound of a doorbell

ding dong (plural ding dongs)

(colloquial, derogatory) An idiot.
My girlfriend's math teacher is a ding dong.
(colloquial, often humorous, euphemistic) A penis.
What do you mean booze ain't food? I'd rather chop off my ding dong than admit that!

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