Definition of "ding-dong" [ding-dong]

• The peal of a bell. (noun)
• Slang An empty-headed person; a fool. (noun)
• To ring; jingle. (verb-intransitive)
• Characterized by a hammering exchange, as of blows: a ding-dong fight. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The Reptile leaned forward and hit the button three times, fast -- _ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong."
• "Go and have a look, and please comment -- Frank has called for non-US readers to comment as most of the ding-dong is from within the US."
• "What commenced is what history will record as Barack Obama's Big Jobs pitch, a rousing ding-dong wood shedding -- this president's finest in more than a calendar year and by far the most passionate a mostly dispassionate leader has given since taking office."