dingdong \ding"dong`\, ding-dong \ding-dong\, n. [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.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.
3. a stupid or foolish person; -- used in a deprecatory or contemptuous sense. [slang]