ding-dong ditch
English
Alternative forms
- ding dong ditch
- ding-dong-ditch
- ding-dong-ditch-it
- Ding Dong Ditch
Etymology
ding-dong (“sound made by a bell”) + ditch (“to abandon”)
Noun
ding-dong ditch (uncountable)
- (US, Canada) A children's prank in which a doorbell of a home is rung, and then the pranksters run away before the occupants of the home open the door.
Verb
ding-dong ditch (third-person singular simple present ding-dong ditches, present participle ding-dong ditching, simple past and past participle ding-dong ditched)
- To perform this prank.
Synonyms
- knock-knock ginger (UK)
- A full list of other names for this prank can be found at
Knock, Knock, Ginger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
ringing someone's door bell and running away
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