Definition of "ding-a-ling" in English

noun

1. The sound of a small bell; the sound of a fire engine bell.

   • The ding-a-ling from the fire truck somehow filled him with more dread than its horn blasts could: for whom does that bell toll?

2. (slang) An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person.

   • Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling!

3. (slang, childish) The penis.

   • They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone.

adjective

1. (slang) Attractive.

   • Joe is so ding-a-ling, I think I'm in love.