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ringie-dingie

ringie-dingie is the alternative form of ringy-dingy.

Meaning of ringy-dingy

Noun

ringy-dingy (plural ringy-dingies)

  1. (colloquial) A telephone ring.
    • I stumbled to my car to call the barn owner. After many ringy-dingies, I gave up.1994 September 20, Linda Ballou, “BODY WATCH : Twice Stung, Thrice Shy […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
  2. (colloquial) A call; a ring (an instance of calling someone on the telephone).
    • Andrew Vautier made a ringy-dingy...
      > Give me a call!
      Give me a house!1996 April 16, Puter, “(no subject)”, in alt.romance.chat (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025

Forms of ringie-dingie

pluralringie-dingies

Origin of ringie-dingie

From rhyming ring and ding with -ie.

Questions about ringie-dingie

What is ringie-dingie the alternative form of?
Ringie-dingie is the alternative form of ringy-dingy.

Words near ringie-dingie in the dictionary

  1. ringiculid
  2. ringiculids
  3. ringie
  4. ringie dingie
  5. ringie dingies
  6. ringie-dingie
  7. ringie-dingies
  8. ringies
  9. ringiest
  10. ringin'
  11. ringiness

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