ding-dong ditch
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ding-dong ditch
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From ding-dong (“sound made by a door bell”) + ditch (“to abandon”).
noun ding dong ditch · ding-dong-ditch · ding-dong-ditch-it · Ding Dong Ditch
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A children's prank in which a doorbell of a home is rung, and then the pranksters run or cycle away before the occupants of the home open the door.
Similar: knick-knock, nigger knocking
verb ding-dong ditches · ding-dong ditching · ding-dong ditched · ding dong ditch · ding-dong-ditch
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To perform such a prank.
Similar: knock-knock ginger, nicky-nicky-nine-doors, knicky-knocky-nine-doors
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noun ringing someone's door bell and running away
| Español | rin rin raje, rin rin corre corre |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 벨튀 beltwi |
| 日本語 | ピンポンダッシュ pin-pon dasshu |
| Français | sonne-décrisse |
| Deutsch | Klingelmännchen, Klingelstreich, Klingelputzen, Klingelpost |
| Русский | стучать и убегать stučatʹ i ubegatʹ |
verb to perform such a prank
| 한국어 | 벨튀하다 beltwihada |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ピンポンダッシュする pinpon dasshu suru |
| Deutsch | einen Klingelstreich spielen |
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@misc{ding_dong_ditch_2026,
title = {ding-dong ditch},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ding-dong%20ditch},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
