dingling
- noun
- /ˈdɪŋɡlɪŋ/
- Offensive
- 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
80
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
16
8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
14
9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
12
9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
10
9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
7
9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
7
9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
4
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
4
9.2
A person who is silly and not thinking clearly
4
7.5
A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes
4
9.9
A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views
3
9.9
An insulting name for a stupid, clumsy person
3
9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
3
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
2
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
2
9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
2
9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
2
9.9
A man who is ordinary and not very smart
2
8.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
2
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
2
9.9
A person who is foolish or silly and makes simple mistakes
1
9.9
A foolish person who often does stupid things
1
8.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
1
9.9
A person who acts foolish or refuses to listen
1
9.9
A person who is clumsy and slow to understand things
1
9.9
A person who acts in a silly, foolish way
1
9.9
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
A person who acts in a silly, playful way
1
9.9
A person who is easily tricked and believes things without checking
1
9.9
A donkey or a person people think is foolish
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly way
1
9.9
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
1
9.9
A person who is not very clever and sometimes pretends to be smart
1
9.9
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A person who says or does silly things
A person who acts like a clown to make others laugh
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 person who acts foolishly or is bad at what they do
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.