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alternative ding dong · alternative dingdong

1. informalnot comparableClosely fought.

   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.

   2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC

plural ding-dongs · alternative ding dong · alternative dingdong

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

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

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

2. slangA woman's breast.

   Synonyms: assets, babylons, balloons, baps, badonkers, bangers, bazongas, bazookas

3. slangA penis.

   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

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

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

4. slangA fight, an argument; a set-to.

   Synonyms: affray, dust-up, fight, fracas, kerfuffle, rixation, ruckus, set to

5. slangAn idiot.

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

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

present singular third person ding-dongs · participle present ding-donging · participle past ding-donged · past ding-donged · alternative ding dong · alternative dingdong

1. intransitiveTo ring with two tones, like a bell swinging back and forth.