ding-a-ling
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ding-a-ling
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Imitative. The penis sense may be an alteration of dingling, a diminutive of ding (“penis”).
noun ding-a-lings
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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?
Similar: ting-a-ling, tingaling, ringaling, ring-a-ding
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An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person.
Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling!
Similar: ding-dong, dingbat, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo
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The penis.
They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone.
Similar: ding-dong, schlong, anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad
adjective more ding-a-ling · most ding-a-ling
- Attractive. Joe is so ding-a-ling, I think I'm in love.
Translations
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noun sound of a small bell; of a fire engine
| 中文 | 叮鈴鈴 /叮铃铃 |
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| Deutsch | Klingling, Klingeling, Tatütata |
noun eccentric or crazy person
| Deutsch | Hohlkopf, Bekloppter, Bekloppte |
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