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 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

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

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