English Explanatory Dictionary

ringy-dingy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A telephone ring.
  2. A call; a ring (an instance of calling someone on the telephone).

Word forms

ringy-dingy ringy-dingies ringie dingie ringie-dingie ringy dingy

Etymology

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

Related words

ring-a-ding ringding ringie ringy
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