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dingdong

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ding´dong`
n.1.The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.
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.
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Verb1.dingdong - go `ding dong', like a bell
ding, dong
ring, peal - sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"
Adv.1.dingdong - heartily or earnestly; "They fell to work dingdong"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech


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From the pores to the traffic-ying and yang, stop and go, two thousand people crossing a road to the dingdong of the traffic monitor.
Planes, trains, automobiles by Birnbaum, Daniel / Artforum International
All that and the dingdong too--choo, choo, mooo, mooo--I think I'm in heaven.
The Little Engine That Could by Neumeyer, Max T. / Mothering
The swaying tune of "Where Do We Go from Here" (especially in the Tricky remix) counterpoints grave questions with nursery-rhyme simplicities every bit as ominous: "Are we getting tired of blood and horror / Are we getting ready for god and terror / Dingdong hell / Pussy in the well / Cats on the hill / Ready to kill.
Oh Yoko! by Hainley, Bruce / Artforum International
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