'ding-dong' definitions:
Definition of 'ding-dong'
(from WordNet)
noun
The noise made by a bell
Definition of 'ding-dong'
From: GCIDE
- dingdong \ding"dong`\, ding-dong \ding-dong\, n. [See Ding.]
- 1. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Horol.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.
- 3. a stupid or foolish person; -- used in a deprecatory or contemptuous sense. [slang]
- Syn: ding-a-ling, doofus. [PJC]