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Adverb: dingdong
  1. Heartily or earnestly
    "They fell to work dingdong"
Verb: dingdong
  1. Go ‘ding dong’, like a bell
    "The doorbell dingdonged, announcing a visitor";
    - ding, dong
Noun: ding-dong  'ding,dóng
  1. The noise made by a bell
    "The ding-dong of the doorbell interrupted their conversation"
     
  2. [Brit, informal] An angry dispute
    "they had a ding-dong";
    - quarrel, wrangle, row[2], words, run-in [informal], dustup [informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], dust-up, bust-up [informal], barney [Brit, informal], slanging match [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: dingdonged, ding-dongs, dingdongs, dingdonging

Type of: conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, noise, peal, ring

Encyclopedia: Dingdong

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