单词 | ding-dong |
释义 | ding-dong/ˈdɪŋdɒŋ![]() ![]() noun informal 1 [in singular] British A fierce argument or fight: they had a bit of a ding-dong...
2 dated A riotous party.The moment Portsmouth clinched promotion to the Premiership at the end of last season, football supporters started positively salivating at the prospect of some good old, traditional south coast ding-dongs....
3North American A silly or foolish person.After all, who else deserves public recognition for dealing with those ding-alings, dingbats, and ding-dongs who dial you for answers to really dumb questions. adverb & adjective 1With the simple alternate chimes of or as of a bell: [as adverb]: the church bells go ding-dong [as adjective]: he heard the ding-dong tones on the aircraft 1.1 [as adverb] British Energetically or wildly: her biological clock is going ding-dong 2 [as adjective] British informal (Of a contest) evenly matched and hard fought: the game was an exciting ding-dong battle...
OriginMid 16th century: imitative. |
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