No you sound ridiculous calling it that /s

Ding dong ditch?

Ding dong dash is what we called it in the Midwest, US.

Where I grew up in Vic it was called going 'knick knocking' in the 80s

It was called "Knock and Run" in the UK too - at least in the bits of the UK I lived in.

Knock and Run in my part of the UK growing up.

Yeh, we called it that in Liverpool