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Meaning of ding-a-ling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The sound of a small bell; the sound of a fire engine bell.
  2. An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person.
    slang
  3. The penis.
    childish, slang

Equivalents

Deutsch Bekloppte Bekloppter Hohlkopf Klingeling Klingling Tatütata

Examples

“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?”
“Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling!”
“They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

ding-dong ding-dong ditch ding-dong theory Ding'an Dingane's Day dingbat

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