ringy-dingy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A telephone ring. colloquial
    — I stumbled to my car to call the barn owner. After many ringy-dingies, I gave up.
  2. A call; a ring (an instance of calling someone on the telephone). colloquial
    — Andrew Vautier made a ringy-dingy... > Give me a call! Give me a house!

词形变化

ringy-dingies plural ringie dingie alternative ringie-dingie alternative ringy dingy alternative

词汇关系

相关词
ring-a-ding ringding ringie ringy

词源

From rhyming ring and ding with -y. Used by comedian Lily Tomlin imitating a telephone operator (“one ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingies …”).
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