ding-dong

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

Closely fought.

Noun

1. One of several sounds that might be made by a bell.
2. (slang) A woman's breast.
3. (slang) A penis.
4. (slang) A fight, an argument; a set-to.
5. (slang) An idiot.
6. An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

Verb

To ring with two tones, like a bell swinging back and forth.

Conceptes

dring

campaneig

Sinònims

cock

desperate

downright

extraordinary

great

member

quarrel

startling

bell ringing

clang of a bell

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Ding

In summary

Mid 16th century, imitative of the alternate chimes of a bell.
For sense of penis, compare Saterland Frisian Ding (“penis”), German Low German Dings (“penis”), English thing.