DING-A-LING

Meaning of DING-A-LING in English

ding-a-ling /ˈdɪŋ ə lɪŋ/ BrE AmE ( also ding‧bat /ˈdɪŋbæt/) noun [countable] American English spoken

[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: ding-a-ling 'sound of a bell' (19-21 centuries) ]

a stupid person:

Some ding-a-ling parked too close to us.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

DING-A-LING — noun Etymology: reduplication of 1ding Date: circa 1935 nitwit , kook
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DING-A-LING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: imitative : ting-a-ling II. noun : nitwit : kook
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DING-A-LING — /ding"euh ling'/ , n. Slang. a stupid, foolish, or eccentric person. [ 1930-35; rhyming compound imit. of a bell ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DING-A-LING — noun Etymology: reduplication of ding (I) Date: circa 1935 : nitwit , kook
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DING-A-LING — Pronunciation: ' di ŋ - ə - ˌ li ŋ Function: noun Etymology: reduplication of 1 ding Date: circa 1935 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DING-A-LING — ■ noun 1》 the ringing sound of a bell. 2》 N. Amer. informal an eccentric or stupid person.
Concise Oxford English vocab
DING-A-LING — [ding-a-ling] n [redupl. of [1]ding] (ca. 1935): nitwit, kook
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DING-A-LING
Slang English vocab
DING-A-LING — Function: noun Synonyms: CRACKPOT , crackbrain, crank, cuckoo, harebrain, kook, lunatic, nut, screwball
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DING-A-LING — noun Synonyms: crackpot , crackbrain, crank, cuckoo, harebrain, kook, lunatic, nut, screwball
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DING-A-LING — fool, an airhead, jerk What a ding-a-ling! She expects me to pay for a phone book!
English Idioms vocab
DING-A-LING — fool, an airhead , jerk What a ding-a-ling! She expects me to pay for a phone book!
English Idioms vocabulary
DING-A-LING — сущ.; амер.; сл. 1) звон (колокола и т. п.) I was awakened by the ding-a-ling of the front-door bell. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DING-A-LING — n амер. сл. псих
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DING-A-LING — сущ.; амер.; сленг1) звон (колокола и т. п.) I was awakened by the ding-a-ling of the front-door bell. — Я …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DING A LING — (0) псих
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DING-A-LING — n амер. сл. псих
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DING-A-LING — n амер. сл. псих
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DING-A-LING — сущ. ; амер. ; сл. 1) звон ( колокола и т. п. ) I was awakened by the ding-a-ling of …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DING-A-LING — сущ.; амер.; сл. 1) звон (колокола и т. п.) I was awakened by the ding-a-ling of the front-door bell. — Я проснулся …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DING-A-LING — n AmE sl Tell that ding-a-ling to beat it — Скажи этому придурку, чтобы он сваливал отсюда
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
DING-A-LING — n AmE sl Tell that ding-a-ling to beat it — Скажи этому придурку, чтобы он сваливал отсюда
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
DING-A-LING — ding-a-ling n AmE sl Tell that ding-a-ling to beat it Скажи этому придурку, чтобы он сваливал отсюда
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
DING-A-LING — Tell that ding-a-ling to beat it — Скажи этому придурку, чтобы он сваливал отсюда
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
DING-A-LING — сущ.; амер.; сл. 1) звон (колокола и т. п.) I was awakened by the ding-a-ling of the front-door bell. ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LING — (fish) molve; (bot.) erica
English interlingue dictionary
LING — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Dutch leng ~, Old English lang long Date: 13th century any of various …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DING — I. verb Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1582 transitive verb to dwell on with tiresome repetition , intransitive verb to make …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LING — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Ding Ling Ting Ling Chang Tao ling
Английский словарь Британика
LING — I. ˈliŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English linge, lenge; akin to Dutch leng ling, German länge, Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DING — I. ˈdiŋ verb ( dinged -ŋd ; or dialect dang ˈdaŋ ; dinged or dialect dang ; dinging ; dings …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LING — I. liŋ, lēŋ noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -ling, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LING — (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Английский словарь Webster
LING — (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as …
Английский словарь Webster
LING — (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis.
Английский словарь Webster
LING — (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
Английский словарь Webster
LING — (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish …
Английский словарь Webster
DING — (n.) A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
Английский словарь Webster
DING — (v. i.) To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster.
Английский словарь Webster
DING — (v. i.) To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
Английский словарь Webster
DING — (v. i.) To strike; to thump; to pound.
Английский словарь Webster
DING — (v. t.) To cause to sound or ring.
Английский словарь Webster
DING — (v. t.) To dash; to throw violently.
Английский словарь Webster
LING — ( n. ) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ( a. ) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ( a. ) An American hake of the genus Phycis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ( a. ) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ( a. ) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DING — ( v. t. ) To dash; to throw violently.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DING — ( v. t. ) To cause to sound or ring.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-LING — -ling 1 a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with ( hireling; underling ), or diminutive ( princeling; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ling 1 /ling/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) ling , ( esp. referring to two or more …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DING — ding 1 /ding/ , v.t. 1. to cause to make a ringing sound. 2. to speak about insistently. v.i. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — n. long edible fish found in the seas of northern Europe
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LING — I. ˈliŋ noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Dutch leng ling, Old English lang long Date: 13th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DING — I. ˈdiŋ verb Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1582 transitive verb : to dwell on with tiresome repetition keeps ding ing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-LING — I. noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English -ing 1. : one connected with or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LING — adj the burbot of lake ontario. 2. ling ·noun heather (calluna vulgaris). 3. ling ·adj an american hake of the …
Webster English vocab
DING — vt to cause to sound or ring. 2. ding ·noun a thump or stroke, especially of a bell. 3. ding …
Webster English vocab
-LING — an adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling. 2. -ling ·- a noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; …
Webster English vocab
LING — ~ 1 ■ noun a long-bodied edible marine fish of the cod family. [ Molva molva (E. Atlantic) and other …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LING — [ling] abbreviation linguistics
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DING — [ding] vb [prob. imit.] vt (1582): to dwell on with tiresome repetition "keeps ~ing it into him that the less …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-LING — [-ling] n suffix [ME, fr. OE; akin to OE -ing] 1: one connected with or having the quality of "hireling" …
Merriam-Webster English vocab

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