ring-a-ding
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Imitative.
Interjection[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ring-a-ding (not comparable)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (slang) Perfect.
- 1975, Forbes - Volume 116, Issues 7-12, page 17:
- And then he was totally unprepared for his ring-a-ding winner.
- 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Josh (Paul Rudd):
- So you didn't want to make a night of it with the ring-a-ding kid?
- 2001, Jim Moore, Island of Ashes, page 136:
- Then the midnight rap about arson with his his ring-a-ding attorney.
- 2002, John Lahr, Show and Tell: New Yorker Profiles, page 76:
- Drink played a large part in Sinatra's ring-a-ding arrogance.
- 2004, Donald Cohen, Late Beginner, page 20:
- And it aint so ring-a—ding-ding.
Further reading[edit]
- Jonathon Green (2024) “ring-a-ding adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang