See Also: ding-dong(dictionary)
ding-dong(dictionary)
ding(7)(dictionary)
ding(5)(dictionary)
ding(4)(dictionary)
ding(3)(dictionary)
ding(2)(dictionary)
ding(1)(dictionary)
on-ding(dictionary)
ding(6)(dictionary)

optime (iou) and ding-dong (oh)


optime (iou)



optime noun. M18.
[Latin = best, very well, from optime disputasti you have disputed very well.]
In the mathematical tripos at Cambridge University, a student placed in the second or third division. Also (respectively) senior optime, junior optime.

ding-dong (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: From the sound]
[U] the noise made by a bell
[singular] BrE spoken a noisy argument
::They were having a real ding-dong in the kitchen.
[C] AmE spoken a stupid person