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dingaling

/ˈdɪ.ŋə.lɪŋ/

dingaling is the alternative form of ding-a-ling.

Meaning of ding-a-ling

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

See all 4 meanings of ding-a-ling

Forms of dingaling

pluraldingalings

Questions about dingaling

What is dingaling the alternative form of?
Dingaling is the alternative form of ding-a-ling.
How do you pronounce dingaling?
Dingaling is pronounced /ˈdɪ.ŋə.lɪŋ/.

Words near dingaling in the dictionary

  1. ding-donging
  2. ding-dongs
  3. Dingaan's Day
  4. dingaka
  5. Dingalan
  6. dingaling
  7. dingalings
  8. Dingane's Day
  9. dingbat
  10. dingbats
  11. dingbatter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dingaling (page history and authors); ding-a-ling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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