dingling
- noun
- /ˈdɪŋɡlɪŋ/
- Offensive
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- Everyone thought he was such a dingling for forgetting his own birthday.
Examples
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Even though he is a bit of a dingling, we all love his silly jokes.
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She called him a dingling after he tripped over his own feet.
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And if if you, your hat is dingling off, Matt, where's your birthday hat?
Synonyms
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
13
8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
8
9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
7
9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
6
9.2
A person who is silly and not thinking clearly
6
9.9
An insulting name for a stupid, clumsy person
5
9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
3
7.5
A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes
3
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
3
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
3
9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
2
9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
2
9.9
A man who is ordinary and not very smart
2
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
2
9.9
A person who is clumsy and slow to understand things
1
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
1
9.9
A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views
1
9.9
A person who is foolish or silly and makes simple mistakes
1
9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
8.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.9
A foolish person who often does stupid things
1
9.9
A person who acts foolish or refuses to listen
1
9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
1
9.9
A person who says or does silly things
1
9.9
A person who is easily tricked and believes things without checking
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
A person who acts in a silly, foolish way
A person who behaves in a silly way
A person who is not very clever and sometimes pretends to be smart
A person who acts like a clown to make others laugh
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A person who acts in a silly, playful way
A silly or socially awkward person who acts foolishly
A person who is not very smart
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
A person who acts foolishly or is bad at what they do
A donkey or a person people think is foolish
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
How Silly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember dingling as a silly person is to see it as ding (a light, funny sound) plus the ending -ling that means 'small' or 'young' (like duckling); together they give the idea of a small, silly person, which explains the slang use.