Words that rhyme with ding-a-ling

v 1: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: bring, convey, take] 2: cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point" 3: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn: bring, work, play, wreak, make for] 4: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch] [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away] 5: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" [syn: bring, land] 6: be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?" 7: advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings" [syn: institute, bring] 8: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring] 9: be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" [syn: fetch, bring in, bring] 10: attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" 11: induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"

n 1: a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom [syn: king, male monarch, Rex] [ant: female monarch, queen, queen regnant] 2: a competitor who holds a preeminent position [syn: king, queen, world-beater] 3: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon] 4: preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts" 5: United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) [syn: King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King] 6: United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) [syn: King, B. B. King, Riley B King] 7: United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) [syn: King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.] 8: a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward 9: one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king 10: (chess) the weakest but the most important piece

adv 1: in no respect; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his father" n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]

n 1: an artifact designed to be played with [syn: plaything, toy]

n 1: a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity" 2: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke" [syn: ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring] 3: a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" [syn: hoop, ring] 4: (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop [syn: closed chain, ring] [ant: open chain] 5: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring, mob] 6: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: ring, ringing, tintinnabulation] 7: a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle 8: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn: ring, band] 9: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: band, ring] v 1: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring, peal] 2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate] 3: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" [syn: ring, knell] 4: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call up, phone, ring] 5: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border] 6: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" [syn: ring, band]

v 1: deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols" 2: produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" 3: to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing" 4: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle, sing] 5: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]

n 1: the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" [syn: spring, springtime] 2: a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken" 3: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring] 4: a point at which water issues forth 5: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: give, spring, springiness] 6: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce] v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring] 2: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" [syn: form, take form, take shape, spring] 3: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet] 4: develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" 5: produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"

n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: string, twine] 2: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" [syn: bowed stringed instrument, string] 3: a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed 4: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought" [syn: string, train] 5: a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) 6: a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" [syn: drawstring, drawing string, string] 7: a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) 8: (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop [syn: string, cosmic string] 9: a collection of objects threaded on a single strand 10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand] v 1: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" [syn: string, thread, draw] 2: add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: string, string up] 3: move or come along [syn: string, string along] 4: stretch out or arrange like a string 5: string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package" 6: remove the stringy parts of; "string beans" 7: provide with strings; "string my guitar" [ant: unstring]

n 1: a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing" 2: an action; "how could you do such a thing?" 3: a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" 4: an artifact; "how does this thing work?" 5: an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..." 6: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing] 7: a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?" 8: an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" 9: any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..." 10: a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds" 11: a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him" 12: a separate and self-contained entity

n 1: a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) 2: one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane 3: a stage area out of sight of the audience [syn: wing, offstage, backstage] 4: a unit of military aircraft 5: the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank" [syn: flank, wing] 6: a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side 7: (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft 8: a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function; "they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party" 9: the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings" 10: a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a wing" [syn: fender, wing] 11: an addition that extends a main building [syn: annex, annexe, extension, wing] v 1: travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn: fly, wing]