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dingdong

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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

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.