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