ding-dong ditch

English

Alternative forms

• ding dong ditch
• ding-dong-ditch
• ding-dong-ditch-it
• Ding Dong Ditch

Etymology

From ding-dong (“sound made by a door bell”) + ditch (“to abandon”).

Noun

ding-dong ditch (uncountable)

1. (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

ding-dong ditch (third-person singular simple present ding-dong ditches, present participle ding-dong ditching, simple past and past participle ding-dong ditched)

1. 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

• Dutch: belletje trekken, belletje lellen
• German: Klingelmännchen n, Klingelstreich (de) m, Klingelputzen (de) n, Klingelpost f
• Japanese: ピンポンダッシュ (pin-pon dasshu)
• Norwegian: ring-på-spring, ring-på-stikk-av
• Spanish: rin rin raje, rin rin corre corre