单词 | ding-dong-ditch |
释义 | > as lemmasding-dong-ditch ding-dong-ditch n. chiefly North American a game or prank, typically played by children, in which a person rings or knocks at the door of a house and then runs away before the occupant comes to answer it; cf. knock down ginger n. at knock-down adj. and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1980 G. A. Fine in H. C. Foot et al. Friendship & Social Relations in Children xi. 302 Aggressive pranks:..egging a house;..making a funny phone-call;..playing Ding Dong Ditch—ringing a doorbell and running away. 2012 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 31 Oct. ‘Criminal mischief’ includes..fully reversible pranks, like toilet-papering a house. In some states, it covers even vanishingly minor annoyances, like ding-dong-ditch. < as lemmas |
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