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Ding-a-ling

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Attractive. slang

    "Joe is so ding-a-ling, I think I'm in love."

Noun
  1. 1
    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?"

  2. 2
    An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person. slang

    "Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling!"

  3. 3
    The penis. childish, slang

    "They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative. The penis sense may be an alteration of dingling, a diminutive of ding (“penis”).

Etymology 2

Imitative. The penis sense may be an alteration of dingling, a diminutive of ding (“penis”).

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