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名詞

dingdong (plural dingdongs)

1. Alternative spelling of ding-dong.

動詞

dingdong (third-person singular simple present dingdongs, present participle dingdonging, simple past and past participle dingdonged)

1. Alternative spelling of ding-dong.

アナグラム

• Dongding

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /dɪŋ(ɡ)ˈdɒŋ(ɡ)/

間投詞

ding dong

1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial, often childish) The sound made by a bell; especially, that made by a 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)

2. (colloquial) A general exclamation of surprise or approval.

   — Here's a photo of my new girlfriend. — Ding dong!

   • 1959, Norman Hudis, 0:44:35 from the start, in Carry On Nurse (motion picture), spoken by Jack Bell (Leslie Phillips), Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors, →OCLC, retrieved 2017-11-10:

     Ding dong, you're not wrong.

関連する語

名詞

ding dong (plural ding dongs)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) Alternative form of ding-dong; an idiot.

   Synonyms: ding-a-ling; see also Thesaurus:idiot

   My girlfriend's math teacher is a ding dong.

2. (colloquial, often humorous, euphemistic) Alternative form of ding-dong; a penis.

   Synonyms: ding-a-ling, schlong; see also Thesaurus:penis

アナグラム

• Dongding, gnodding

語源

Mid 16th century, imitative of the alternate chimes of a bell.
For sense of penis, compare Saterland Frisian Ding (“penis”), German Low German Dings (“penis”), English thing.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɪŋˌdɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɪŋˌdɔŋ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈdɪŋˌdɑŋ/

形容詞

ding-dong (not comparable)

1. (informal) Closely fought.
   • 2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC‎:

     It was first blood to the Black Cats in the ding-dong clash when Bardsley, a right-footer playing on the left, collected the ball from just inside his own half and sped up to the edge of the area before launching an effort which appeared to confuse Petr Cech in goal.

名詞

ding-dong (plural ding-dongs)

1. One of several sounds that might be made by a bell.

   Coordinate terms: jingle, tinkle; bong, dong; gong; bring, brring, brrring

   Near-synonyms: ding-a-ling, ring-a-ding, ringaling, tingaling

2. (slang) A woman's breast.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breasts

3. (slang) A penis.

   Synonyms: ding-a-ling, schlong; see also Thesaurus:penis

   • 1968, “Sister Ray”, in Lou Reed (lyrics), White Light/White Heat, performed by The Velvet Underground:

     Oh, no, man, I haven't got the time time / Too busy sucking on a ding-dong / She's busy sucking on my ding-dong

4. (slang) A fight, an argument; a set-to.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fight

5. (slang) An idiot.

   Synonyms: ding-a-ling, dingbat; see also Thesaurus:idiot

6. An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

派生語

動詞

ding-dong (third-person singular simple present ding-dongs, present participle ding-donging, simple past and past participle ding-donged)

1. (intransitive) To ring with two tones, like a bell swinging back and forth.

アナグラム

• Dongding