DINGDONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dingdong mean? 

• DINGDONG (verb)
  The verb DINGDONG has 1 sense:

1. go 'ding dong', like a bell

  Familiarity information: DINGDONG used as a verb is very rare.

• DINGDONG (adverb)
  The adverb DINGDONG has 1 sense:

1. heartily or earnestly

  Familiarity information: DINGDONG used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DINGDONG (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dingdong    ... he / she / it dingdongs   
Past simple: dingdonged   
Past participle: dingdonged   
-ing form: dingdonging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go 'ding dong', like a bell

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

ding; dingdong; dong

Hypernyms (to "dingdong" is one way to...):

peal; ring (sound loudly and sonorously)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

• DINGDONG (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Heartily or earnestly

Context example:

They fell to work dingdong

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)