Adjective : a ding-dong struggle.    From Dictionary.com. 

I mean, ding-dong, Paris ` s appeals are dead, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 10, 2007] Reference

You ought to say, ding-dong, hello, what is going on here?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By President To 91st National Convention Of The Naacp] Reference

So it went on -- what the papers call a ding-dong struggle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917] Reference

There is a ding-dong battle for the Goitsch railway station.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuka Pilot]

And she would sing like a funeral bell, with a ding-dong tune.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Silas] Reference

You see, my ding-dong fell off about 7 years and 6 months ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The NYC sitcom map] Reference

Morgan and promptly gave up a two-run ding-dong to B.J. Surhoff.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Just another typical Braves postseason performance] Reference

If this isn't one for the "ding-dong" files, I don't know what is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-03-01] Reference

I think McCain may have stepped on his ding-dong when he picked Palin.    From Wordnik.com.  [More on Sarah Palin, Moose Hunting, and Other Stuff] Reference

He's particularly sharp on the subtleties of the ODF vs OOXML ding-dong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Something in the Air] Reference

We just didn't get to hear the fun little ding-dong ringing of the bell.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2008] Reference

And what's truly funny is you have no idea that you are such a ding-dong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exit Polls: More Hillary Voters Would Desert Obama And Back McCain] Reference

It does not do bagels, as everyone in the whole ding-dong world now does.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference

ding-dong, ding-dong - motion detector letting me know someone is leaving.    From Wordnik.com.  [catpewk Diary Entry] Reference

Thanks to my ding-dong of a student, I am now changing my research project.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

Since the last ding-dong with Barry she had been left with a permanent limp.    From Wordnik.com.  [two women]

Sometimes, there is a ding-dong battle in base areas and also cities and towns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference

He said that person had "stepped on his ding-dong" with the decision in question.    From Wordnik.com.  [More on Sarah Palin, Moose Hunting, and Other Stuff] Reference

GRACE: Oh, I thought you were going to say the ding-dong outside his bedroom doorway.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2005] Reference

Meanwhile, there is a similar sort of ding-dong afoot in France reported in the Guardian.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Pals Act of 1898] Reference

No tedious ding-dong daily practice -- just 20 brief, entertaining lessons, easily mastered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference

We are hoping that it will be a good old fashioned ding-dong debate across the economic divide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Left wing/right wing debate - Tomorrow 7pm] Reference

Do not forget the "d" in used — do not slip into "ding-dong" territory with "I am use to that.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-03-01] Reference

I finally said, "What are you doing Benji?" and my little one year old replied, "I want a ding-dong!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Funny Kids this month] Reference

The previous moment a musical ding-dong had spread into the air from their right hand, and awakened her.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference

Even when one of the other bosses is being a complete ding-dong, you have to admire something about him or her.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagojo Diary Entry] Reference

(For more about "ding-dong" (an Underground Grammarian invective), read our entry "Not for grammar geeks only.").    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-03-01] Reference

Why does my ding-dong and Tessa's nortons qualify us for a social status that our friends L & S in Durham can't have?.    From Wordnik.com.  [a patient etherised upon a table] Reference

The Randburg Town Council does not want to get into a ding-dong battle through the media over the Cosmo City development proposal.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Go and have a look, and please comment -- Frank has called for non-US readers to comment as most of the ding-dong is from within the US.    From Wordnik.com.  [Libraries] Reference