DING
Ding, n.
Defn: A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
DINGDONG
Ding"dong`, n. Etym: [See Ding.]
1. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.
2. (Horol.)
Defn: An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.
DINGDONG THEORY
Ding"dong` the"o*ry. (Philol.)
Defn: The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; that is, as stated by Max Müller, the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression; — jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper.
DINGEY; DINGY; DINGHY
Din"gey, Din"gy, Din"ghy, n. Etym: [Bengalee dingi.]
1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also dinghey.] Malcom.