ding-a-ling
Not too bright
A ding-a-ling is a scatterbrained or eccentric person—someone whose mental faculties seem slightly off: Don't be such a ding-a-ling.
The term is playful rather than harsh, suggesting flightiness more than stupidity.
Separately, ding-a-ling can be childish or euphemistic slang for penis.
Sustained resonant sound
- jingleBrief advertising melody
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- pealResonant ringing burst
- clangLoud metallic sound
tolling · gong · carillon · tintinnabulation · clapper · resonate · clink · vibrate
Unintelligent person
- nitwitFoolish, silly person
- nincompoopFoolish or silly person
- airheadFoolish, flighty person
- dimwitFoolish, slow person
dolt · numbskull · scatterbrain · birdbrain · goofball · dope · lamebrain · blockhead
ringing
Sustained resonant sound
clang · tolling · gong · carillon · tintinnabulation · clapper · resonate · clink · vibrate · echo
simpleton
Unintelligent person
- nitwitFoolish, silly person
- nincompoopFoolish or silly person
- airheadFoolish, flighty person
dimwit · dolt · numbskull · scatterbrain · birdbrain · goofball · dope · lamebrain · blockhead · bonehead
kook
Eccentric or strange person
nutcase · loony · screwball · fruitcake · wacko · crank · zany · batty · loopy · madcap
dong
Low bell tone
wiener · weenie · willy · peter · pecker · johnson · wang · dingus · privates · manhood
ding-a-linggenius
Person of rare brilliance
brainiac · intellectual · mastermind · whiz · Einstein
ding-a-lingstraight arrow
Honest, principled person
professional · grown-up · pragmatist · steady hand · pillar of the community
ring, ding, tinkle, dinged, ping-pong, dinger, sing-song, dingle