ding-a-ling

plural ding-a-lings

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

   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?

   Synonyms: ting-a-ling, tingaling, ringaling, ring-a-ding

2. slangAn eccentric, crazy, or stupid person.

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

   Synonyms: ding-dong, dingbat, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain

3. childishslangThe penis.

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

   1 more example

   This is Henry the Eighth? My God, was he girthy. My God, is that really how big his ding-a-ling was?

   2026, Love On the Spectrum, season 4, episode 6, Connor (actor)

   Synonyms: ding-dong, schlong, anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie

comparative more ding-a-ling · superlative most ding-a-ling

1. slangAttractive.

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