0 to make a short ringing sound like a bell --
1 to damage the surface of something slightly by hitting it: --
3 a short ringing sound like that made by a bell --
4 a small damaged area on a surface where something has hit it: --
Facts are chiels that winna ding.
I move on to a ding-dong subject, that of bell-pushes and accessories, bells and chimes.
I do not think that we should carry on this ding-dong much longer.
One of the reasons for having a ding-dong in this place is to try to probe matters carefully.
The truth is that, in the constituencies, regional managers are going to local authorities and plead-ding poverty because they cannot afford to pay their bills.
They are not, and it is just kid- ding ourselves to think they are.
The great ding is to find out how it works.
We should not be entering into a party ding-dong in the current circumstances.
