Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ringie-dingie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ringie-dingie
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of ringy-dingy.

Example Sentences

"ONE RINGIE-DINGIE: A new federal regulation requires cable TV companies--notorious for being hard to contact--to answer phone calls in 30 seconds and put an actual human being on the line in another 30."
""Connect me to FairyNet, and then vanish for a while." "Uh, yeah, good idea, boss." "Get me Griselda, please." There is a pause, and then a nasal voice says, "One ringie-dingie. Two ringie-dingies. Three ringie-dingies." In the middle of the fourth ringie-dingie, a booming bass voice says, "Hello?""
"Yo MK, if Audie isn't available, give me a ringie-dingie, son; you've got my number... *laughter*"

Etymology

From rhyming ring and ding with -ie.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -ie

Inflected Forms

ringie-dingies (plural)

Questions

What does ringie-dingie mean?: Alternative form of ringy-dingy.
Where does ringie-dingie come from?: From rhyming ring and ding with -ie.

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