dingus
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- noun
- /ˈdɪŋɡəs/
- Slang
:
cachivache
- He always brings that weird dingus to the party, but no one knows what it does.
And if you are avoiding a blast wave, you have just seconds to try to take cover rather than hold out your thumb and check a nuclear bomb like a dingus.
- And if you are avoiding a blast wave, you have just seconds to try to take cover rather than hold out your thumb and check a nuclear bomb like a dingus.
- Ding you dingus, you Ding Dong.
Examples
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- What is this dingus that these people want?
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Then you think the dingus is worth a million?
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Can you get a message down to 30th Corps on that dingus?
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"And it's not a dingus, it's a stealth suit."
Fiction book (2001) -
Well, it turns out that instead of hogging the console, everyone is twiddling on their electrical dingus now.
Blog text (19) -
I'm going to recommend to the Board that we proceed immediately with this, uh... with the, uh... that the dingus be mass-produced with all deliberate speed.
Fiction book (1994) -
This dancing dingus of delight, this jerky circle of gaiety, is proving to be the toy of choice of most American youngsters.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Isn't the dingus under lock and key?" Pancho asked as Walton led her past a long row of metal lockers.
Fiction book (2001) -
Can you pass me that dingus over there on the shelf?
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I can't remember the name of that dingus we used to fix the car.
Synonyms
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8.4
An informal word for an object when you forget its name
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A small object whose name you do not know
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A small thing or device whose name you do not know
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A small object whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A word people use for a person or object when they forget its name
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A small tool or object you forget the name of
A small object used when you do not know its name
An object whose name you do not know or have forgotten
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dingus probably comes from the old Dutch word dinges or the short word ding, both meaning 'thing'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of any small unknown 'thing', so dingus is used for a gadget you can't name or for someone acting a bit silly.