Ding Dongs
- noun
- /dɪŋ dɔŋz/
:
tañido
- At the wedding, the joyful Ding Dongs of the bells filled the air with celebration.
Should we do Ding Dong, dash, Ding Dong ditch?
- Should we do Ding Dong, dash, Ding Dong ditch?
Examples
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Children laughed as the Ding Dongs from the ice cream truck signaled its arrival.
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The Ding Dongs of the church bells echoed through the quiet village at noon.
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The church bells rang Ding Dongs every hour.
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I heard the Ding Dongs of the bells from my house.
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The Ding Dongs from the clock tower can be heard throughout the entire town at dusk.
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As the evening drew near, the clear Ding Dongs of the church bells welcomed everyone to the festival.
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Every morning, the cheerful Ding Dongs of the bells announce the start of the day.
Synonyms
221
1.0
A clear ringing sound made by a struck metal object
203
1.0
The sound a bell or phone makes when struck
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1.0
A clear loud sound a bell or similar thing makes when hit
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1.7
A clear musical ringing sound made by a bell or a set of bells
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6.3
The slow deep sound a bell makes when hit
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4.4
A light clear ringing sound like a small bell
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3.6
A repeated ringing sound a bell makes
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3.3
A sound made by bells during a ceremony or musical performance
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7.7
A deep long sound like thunder or large bells
A light ringing sound made by bells or wind chimes
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Surface Forms
Morphology
ding + Dongs
This is a brand name for a manufactured snack cake, and the literal constituents ('ding' = bell-like sound; 'Dongs' is not a transparent lexical item here) do not combine to produce the meaning 'round chocolate-covered snack cake'. Brand names are arbitrary and often non-compositional, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would not be able to infer the product meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Ding Dongs for bell sounds comes from copying the clear ringing 'ding-dong' that bells make. Because the words imitate the sound, they now mean the repeated, bright ringing of bells.