DINGDONGED

Verb

dingdonged

simple past tense and past participle of dingdong

Source: Wiktionary


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.)

Definition: An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TEMPORIZE

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