ding-a-lings

Noun

ding-a-ling (plural ding-a-lings)

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?

   Synonyms:

   ting-a-ling, tingaling, ringaling, ring-a-ding

2. (slang) An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person.
   • Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling!

   Synonyms:

   ding-dong, dingbat, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead

3. (childish, slang) The penis.
   • They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone.

   Synonyms:

   ding-dong, schlong, anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga

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