Onomatopoeic common noun; has regular plural.
Translations
We heard the ding-dong of the doorbell echo through the hall.
Мы услышали звон дверного звонка, эхом разнесшийся по коридору.
баталияразг.; ожесточённое противостояние The election campaign turned into a real ding-dong between the two front-runners.
Предвыборная кампания превратилась в настоящую баталию между двумя лидерами.
He got hit right in the ding-dong.
Его ударили прямо в член.
Definitions
The sound produced by a ringing bell. We heard the ding-dong of the doorbell echo through the hall.
A vigorous, back-and-forth contest, argument, or fight. The election campaign turned into a real ding-dong between the two front-runners.
(US, vulgar, slang) A penis. He got hit right in the ding-dong.
Used attributively before another noun, e.g. "a ding-dong battle".
Translations
It was a ding-dong struggle from start to finish.
Это была ожесточённая борьба от начала до конца.
Definitions
Intense, vigorous, and evenly matched (of a contest or argument). It was a ding-dong struggle from start to finish.
Used as an exclamation imitating the ringing of a bell.
Translations
Ding-dong! The train is about to depart.
Динь-дон! Поезд отправляется.
Definitions
Used to imitate or announce the ringing of a bell. Ding-dong! The train is about to depart.