ding ding

noun

ding ding

noun

Etymology Onomatopoeic of the warning bell or tickets punches. . Reduplication of ding, after the double-bell-ring of a tram.

  • Another 157 trams will display a smile on their bumpers for three months to represent Hongkongers’ happy collective memories of the vehicles, affectionately known as “ding dings”.2017, Cannix Yau, “Happy happy ding ding? Hong Kong’s new-look trams offer more smiles per mile”, in South China Morning Post:
Related terms
ding, ding, ding, we have a winner

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