whing-ding

Definitions

Examples

• I called it “ding-dong diplomacy”; Governor Richardson wisely pointed out that “basketball diplomacy” is better than none.

• She was going to be a point person on health-care reform, and they needed to ding her.

• The Official Charts Company described Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead as "one of the most controversial chart contenders of all time".

• In a back room, video poker machines ding and chirp with the occasional squeal of delight from a winner.

• Holmes and Rahe used 300 (ding ding ding) as the cutoff to predict a high risk of illness.

• I did so, and I had to report unfavourably, for “facts are chiels that winna ding.”

• The suddenness and the emphasis of the ding told on unexpected nerves, but it brought the Fourth Reader class up erect.

• No tedious ding-dong daily practice—just 20 brief, entertaining lessons, easily mastered.

• The ding of her husband's cash register and the click of her dangle bag mark the systole and diastole of married life.

• We have had a wonderful day with a wonderful en——” said Lil, a yawn hitting her midway so she could not get out the “ding.