dingbatn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdɪŋbat/, U.S.

/ˈdɪŋˌbæt/, Australian English

/ˈdɪŋbæt/, New Zealand English /ˈdɪŋbɛt/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ding v.¹, bat n.²

Etymology: Origin uncertain. In the various uses at sense A. 2 probably < ding v.¹ + bat n.² In sense A. 3 (and perhaps in other uses referring to people) probably associated with bat n.¹ and words and expressions derived from it (see note). In uses emphasizing uncertainty (see sense A. 2c) perhaps influenced by dingus n. or its etymon Dutch dinges thingummy.The semantic motivation of sense A. 1 is unclear. It may refer to the impact of the drink, but it has also been suggested that it could refer to the nickname of a particular (unidentified) person. With sense A. 2b(b) compare earlier ding-dong n. 4. In senses A. 3a and B. (and in dingbats adj.) probably associated with bats in the belfry at bat n.¹ b (compare also bats at bat n.¹ b and batty adj. 2); compare later ding-a-ling n. 2, ding n.⁷, etc. In this sense apparently popularized by the name of the fictional Dingbat family of the U.S. newspaper comic strip The Dingbat Family, which ran between 1910 and 1916 (also titled The Family Upstairs in part of its early run). In sense A. 5 apparently after batman n.²

colloquial (originally slang).

A. n.

†1. U.S. A type of alcoholic drink; (perhaps) spec. one which is very strong. Obsolete. rare.

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1838 Boston Morning Post 19 July 1/6 We can take a ‘Quaker’ before we start—apply a ‘Ding Bat’ at Providence.

a. Originally and chiefly U.S. A name for: any of various (often somewhat vaguely) specified things; esp. (a) a sharp blow or slap, esp. on the buttocks as a punishment; (in plural with the) a beating or thrashing; also figurative; (b) an object thrown at, fired at, or used to hit someone or something with force, such as wooden bat, or a cannonball or bullet.In quot. 1843 used (in plural) as if the name of a game to refer to a fight.With the use in reference to dung attached to the buttocks of animals attested in quot. 1895, cf. dingleberry n. 2b.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow

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1843 New-Hampsh. Statesman & State Jrnl. 17 Feb. The parties accordingly met in a barn, and took a fair game of ding bats in which Shealds, after being knocked down, knocked over a wheelbarrow.

1857 Tioga County (Pa.) Agitator 7 May Some take him [sc. the devil] right by the throat and give him the dingbats right in the countenance.

1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 177 Dingbat, a bat of wood that may be thrown (dinged);..a cannon-ball; a bullet.

1879 K. T. Woods All around Rocking Chair 179 ‘Gracie can come and be housekeeper for her bachelor uncle.’ ‘Not if she makes ding-bats,’ said Toots. ‘What, pray are “ding-bats”?’ ‘Only Tom's name for some biscuit Gracie once tried to make.’

1895 Dial. Notes 1 387 Dingbat. Mr. Philip Hale, of the Boston Journal, has been collecting information..concerning this word. The following definitions appear:—(1) Balls of dung on buttocks of sheep or cattle. (2) Blow or slap on the buttocks. (3) Flying missile. (4) Squabble of words or pushing... (6) In some of the N.E. schools, the word is student slang for various kinds of muffins or biscuit. (7) Affectionate embrace of mothers hugging and kissing their children.

1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) II. (at cited word) A very sharp scolding... [Michigan] I got the dingbats for that.

b. spec. U.S.

†(a) A piece of money; a coin or banknote. Also (and earliest) in plural: money. Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > money > [noun]

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > a coin or note

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1848 Spirit of Jefferson (Va.) 25 July 1/4 I'd take a widder for my part, if she's got the ding-bats.

1861 N. H. Palladium Let. 25 Dec. in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (1877) 177 It has been found necessary..to expend the dingbats, to put something more substantial on the ‘fly’ [i.e. in motion] to bring our unruly relatives to their P's and Q's.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 1 Nov. I paid for my Kissingen in five-cent ‘dingbat’ or ‘spondulick’—two of the many names given to the fractional currency.

1905 World (N.Y.) 15 July 7/2 (caption) If Scotty has the ‘dough’ and he really wants to ‘blow’, he has struck at last the camp where dingbats talk.

(b) The penis. Cf. ding n.⁶, dinger n.⁵, ding-a-ling n. 3, ding-dong n. 4.

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the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis

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Percy1965

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c1920 H. N. Cary Sexual Vocab. (typescript) IV. in J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1994) I. 596/1 Penis, dingbat.

1930 Lyra Ebriosa 9 Her husband is feeble, his dingbat is limber.

1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 207 Do not withdraw your ding-bat, for in grinding you will be shifting your weight this way and that.

c. Originally U.S.

(a) More vaguely: a thing, esp. a gadget or contraption, whose name the speaker or writer does not know, cannot remember, or does not care to specify precisely; a ‘thingummy’. Cf. dingus n.

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the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown

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gilguy1883

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oojah1917

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doofer1937

hootenanny1940

whatchamacallit1942

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whifflow1961

oobyjiver1963

whatsisface1967

oojamaflip1970

what's-her-face1980

1894 Detroit Free Press 9 Mar. 4/4 They turned a whole raft of con motos and scherzos and op. 27s and appoggiaturas and other chromatic dingbats loose on him.

1920 Idaho Yarn 17 Sept. 3/1 The scenery is fairly littered with patent ‘dingbats’—electric. They are all over the ship, and you fall over them whichever way you turn. I suppose somebody must be able to remember them all, name them, locate them, and know how they function (we carry sixty electricians).

1944 F. Brown Angels & Spaceships (1955) 208 It was his dingbat. I mean, he made it and he thought he knew what it was.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 June 608/3 His purblind incapacity to cope with gadgets and dingbats.

2002 L. Purves Radio (2003) iii. 41 The sheer magic of carrying home an atmospheric moment on millions of little magnetic dingbats was so exciting that it made us hop and grin and chortle.

(b) Printing. A typographical device other than a letter or numeral (such as an asterisk or rule), used to signal divisions in text, to replace letters in a euphemistically presented vulgar word, or for ornamentation. Also in plural: a font or typeface consisting of these.

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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > ornamental type, other than letter or numeral

dingbat1897

1897 Typogr. Jrnl. 1 Nov. 341/1 Neither T. B. Aldrich, who polishes verse at his elegant leisure,..nor Dr. William Everett, who is preparing his inaugural address in Latin hexameter, could be at once epigrammatic, encyclopaedic and irresistible in a display head; and a dingbat would be far above their highest flight.

1921 G. M. Hyde Handbk. for Newspaper Workers xi. 173 Dingbats, heavy, wavy pieces of cut-off rule sometimes used beneath banner headlines.

1971 F. K. Baskette Art of Editing xvi. 360 A magazine page usually has..a block of text, usually beginning with a typographical device that..may be a dingbat such as a black square followed by a few words in all-capital letters.

1989 PC World 24 July 42/2 Like the [Zapf] Dingbats face, these symbols are scattered throughout the QWERTY keys.

2002 P. Baines & A. Haslam Type & Typogr. iii. 65/3 Today, such decorative material [sc. fleurons] is usually derived from individual pictorial elements rather than units used in combinations to create a pattern; these individual elements are often called ‘dingbats’.

a. Chiefly North American, Australian, and New Zealand. A person who is psychologically disturbed or mentally ill, or (later chiefly, in weakened sense) crazy or eccentric; one who is foolish or stupid. Also as a general term of abuse or contempt. Cf. sense B., dingbats adj.Recorded earliest as a modifier.In quot. 1879 as the surname of a character described as eccentric.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person

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nutso1975

wacko1977

nut bar1978

mentalist1990

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person

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1879 ‘J. Q. Smith’ Humorous Sketches & Addr. 131 I have a friend. His name is Coriolanus Dingbat. Like several men who might be mentioned, he has his peculiarities.]

1887 Cairns (Queensland) Post 13 July 2/7 A dead-house, ‘dingbats’ ward, and the most ‘competent local architects’ are deliciously mixed up in our hospital report.

1915 Dial. Notes 4 203 Dingbat, a fool. ‘The boss called Ralph a dingbat because he made fun of him.’

1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) ii. 29 ‘Who is ut?’ Some ding bat after that job... He sounds a bit crackers to me.

1978 J. Irving World according to Garp ii. 41 Midge was such a dingbat..that she went to Hawaii for a vacation during World War II.

1985 N.Y. Times 13 Jan. ii. 3/2 Miss Sternhagen's mother increases in giddiness, even to wearing what appears to be a feather in her hair. She is, in fact, a certifiable dingbat.

2012 S. Townsend Woman who went to Bed for Year iii. 25 They employ morons! Idiots! Plonkers! Fools! Halfwits! Dingbats! Cretins!

b. Australian and New Zealand. In plural. Chiefly with the. Delirium; a disordered state of mind or consciousness such as might result from fever, intoxication, etc.; spec. delirium tremens. Frequently also in weakened sense, with reference to crazy, silly, or deluded thoughts or ideas. Often in to have the dingbats or to be in the dingbats. Also to give (a person) the dingbats: to make a person nervous or crazy. Cf. dingbats adj.

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1888 Wagga Wagga (New S. Wales) Advertiser 8 Dec. The ‘ding-bats’, which, for the benefit of the ladies and others uninformed, I may explain is a form of the jim-jams.

1932 Townsville (Queensland) Daily Bull. 8 July 5/3 If you were shikkered or in the dingbats I'l overlook it.

1939 M. Morris Dark Tumult 57 ‘If I like I can be the best player in Victoria, Australia, Southern Hemisphere, The World, Amen!’ ‘You've got dingbats,’ said Robin.

1943 F. Sargeson in Penguin New Writing 18 71 I knew it would give me the dingbats if I just stayed on there waiting.

1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand iv. 42 Boozin' again! You'll end up with the dingbats, you will.

1970 N. A. Beagley Up & Down Under 64 It dawned on me when I saw him in the morning that he was verging on the DT's or, in Aussie terms, ‘the ding bats’.

4. Originally and chiefly U.S. A tramp or hobo; a vagrant.In quot. 1902 denoting a specific type of seasonal agricultural worker.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp

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tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

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1902 Daily Jrnl. (Salem, Oregon) 26 July 1/3 Roughly speaking, all the floating population which invades the grain fields of Umatilla during the harvest time may be divided into four parts—whiteliners, yegs, dingbats, and dynobins... The dingbat is the most curious and composite character in any of the classes.

1912 Railroad Man's Mag. Apr. 493/1 The lingering sunset..shone on the passing track close by, Where a dingbat sat on a rotten tie.

1926 J. Black You can't Win vi. 65 If you was some kind of a rank dingbat you wouldn't have been invited down here.

1951 N. Algren Chicago v. 70 The jungle hiders come softly forth: geeks and gargoyles, old blown winos, sour stewbums and grinning ginsoaks, young dingbats who went ashore on D Plus One or D Plus Two and have been trying to find some arc-lit shore ever since.

1991 F. Quinlan in K. C. Kearns Dublin Street Life & Lore vii. 212 I learn a lot about human nature on the street. You see all the lunacies and down-and-outs and dingbats.

5. Australian. In the army: an officer's servant; a batman (batman n.²).

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun]

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1918 Aussie: Austral. Soldiers' Mag. Feb. 4/2 He's not a bally Batman he's a Dingbat now, you know, We've changed his blessed monicker for keeps.

1940 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Jan. 35/3 There is a vast difference between a dingbat in the British Army and one in the A.I.F.

1944 Barging About (43rd Austral. Landing Craft Co.) 1 Sept. 12 He is Scottie's dingbat. To hear him bawl out to the other boongs when they happen to collect some of Scottie's washing, is an education.

B. adj.

Originally and chiefly U.S. Crazy, absurd, eccentric; stupid, foolish; = dingbats adj. Cf. sense A. 3a.Quots. 1878 and 1911 show earlier use of ding-batted and dingbatty (cf. batty adj. 2) respectively in the same sense.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adjective] > ridiculous

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derisory1923

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1878 St. Joseph (Missouri) Gaz. 19 Mar. 1/5 When a good, popular St. Joseph music dealer presented a copy of his new temperance song, ‘To-Night You've been Drinking Again’, to a Kansas editor who happened in his store, the editor got up on his ear, sat down on a piano, swore it was a dad-fetched, ding-batted no-such-a-thing.

1911 Dial. Notes 3 542 Dingbatty, half crazy, imbecile. ‘That fellow is dingbatty.’]

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks Ding-bat, crazy.

1971 W. Burk & T. Thackrey Thief 48 I know this sounds dingbat to anyone else, but this is how it really was.

1993 Seattle Times 18 July b2/3 Those dingbat Democrats are back—tax and spend. Taxes are OK, for somebody else, not for me.

2015 Kwani? 8 595 Mutilated facts, historical revisionism, dingbat stories and ad hominem potshots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dingbat
释义	dingbatn.adj. Brit. /ˈdɪŋbat/, U.S. /ˈdɪŋˌbæt/, Australian English /ˈdɪŋbæt/, New Zealand English /ˈdɪŋbɛt/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ding v.¹, bat n.² Etymology: Origin uncertain. In the various uses at sense A. 2 probably < ding v.¹ + bat n.² In sense A. 3 (and perhaps in other uses referring to people) probably associated with bat n.¹ and words and expressions derived from it (see note). In uses emphasizing uncertainty (see sense A. 2c) perhaps influenced by dingus n. or its etymon Dutch dinges thingummy.The semantic motivation of sense A. 1 is unclear. It may refer to the impact of the drink, but it has also been suggested that it could refer to the nickname of a particular (unidentified) person. With sense A. 2b(b) compare earlier ding-dong n. 4. In senses A. 3a and B. (and in dingbats adj.) probably associated with bats in the belfry at bat n.¹ b (compare also bats at bat n.¹ b and batty adj. 2); compare later ding-a-ling n. 2, ding n.⁷, etc. In this sense apparently popularized by the name of the fictional Dingbat family of the U.S. newspaper comic strip The Dingbat Family, which ran between 1910 and 1916 (also titled The Family Upstairs in part of its early run). In sense A. 5 apparently after batman n.² colloquial (originally slang). A. n. †1. U.S. A type of alcoholic drink; (perhaps) spec. one which is very strong. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1838 Boston Morning Post 19 July 1/6 We can take a ‘Quaker’ before we start—apply a ‘Ding Bat’ at Providence. 2. a. Originally and chiefly U.S. A name for: any of various (often somewhat vaguely) specified things; esp. (a) a sharp blow or slap, esp. on the buttocks as a punishment; (in plural with the) a beating or thrashing; also figurative; (b) an object thrown at, fired at, or used to hit someone or something with force, such as wooden bat, or a cannonball or bullet.In quot. 1843 used (in plural) as if the name of a game to refer to a fight.With the use in reference to dung attached to the buttocks of animals attested in quot. 1895, cf. dingleberry n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow rumble1489 revel1603 rattle1632 rebuke1692 twitcher1771 rattler1812 dingbat1843 wiper1846 a sleeve across the windpipe1952 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow smitea1200 ponder1339 clouta1400 whopc1440 routa1450 maul1481 sousec1500 dunta1522 flake1559 lambskin1573 lamback1592 daud1596 baster1600 mell1658 thumper1682 lounder1723 smash1725 plumper1756 spanker1772 douser1782 thud1787 bash1805 stave1819 batter1823 belter1823 wallop1823 whacker1823 belt1825 smasher1829 dingbat1843 dinger1845 oner1861 squeaker1877 clod1886 wham1923 dong1941 1843 New-Hampsh. Statesman & State Jrnl. 17 Feb. The parties accordingly met in a barn, and took a fair game of ding bats in which Shealds, after being knocked down, knocked over a wheelbarrow. 1857 Tioga County (Pa.) Agitator 7 May Some take him [sc. the devil] right by the throat and give him the dingbats right in the countenance. 1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 177 Dingbat, a bat of wood that may be thrown (dinged);..a cannon-ball; a bullet. 1879 K. T. Woods All around Rocking Chair 179 ‘Gracie can come and be housekeeper for her bachelor uncle.’ ‘Not if she makes ding-bats,’ said Toots. ‘What, pray are “ding-bats”?’ ‘Only Tom's name for some biscuit Gracie once tried to make.’ 1895 Dial. Notes 1 387 Dingbat. Mr. Philip Hale, of the Boston Journal, has been collecting information..concerning this word. The following definitions appear:—(1) Balls of dung on buttocks of sheep or cattle. (2) Blow or slap on the buttocks. (3) Flying missile. (4) Squabble of words or pushing... (6) In some of the N.E. schools, the word is student slang for various kinds of muffins or biscuit. (7) Affectionate embrace of mothers hugging and kissing their children. 1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) II. (at cited word) A very sharp scolding... [Michigan] I got the dingbats for that. b. spec. U.S. †(a) A piece of money; a coin or banknote. Also (and earliest) in plural: money. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] silverc825 feec870 pennieseOE wortheOE mintOE scata1122 spense?c1225 spendinga1290 sumc1300 gooda1325 moneya1325 cattlec1330 muckc1330 reasona1382 pecunyc1400 gilt1497 argentc1500 gelta1529 Mammon1539 ale silver1541 scruff1559 the sinews of war1560 sterling1565 lour1567 will-do-all1583 shell1591 trasha1592 quinyie1596 brass1597 pecuniary1604 dust1607 nomisma1614 countera1616 cross and pilea1625 gingerbreada1625 rhinoa1628 cash1646 grig1657 spanker1663 cole1673 goree1699 mopus1699 quid1699 ribbin1699 bustle1763 necessary1772 stuff1775 needfula1777 iron1785 (the) Spanish1788 pecuniar1793 kelter1807 dibs1812 steven1812 pewter1814 brad1819 pogue1819 rent1823 stumpy1828 posh1830 L. S. D.1835 rivetc1835 tin1836 mint sauce1839 nobbins1846 ochre1846 dingbat1848 dough1848 cheese1850 California1851 mali1851 ducat1853 pay dirt1853 boodle?1856 dinero1856 scad1856 the shiny1856 spondulicks1857 rust1858 soap1860 sugar1862 coin1874 filthy1876 wampum1876 ooftish1877 shekel1883 oil1885 oof1885 mon1888 Jack1890 sploshc1890 bees and honey1892 spending-brass1896 stiff1897 mazuma1900 mazoom1901 cabbage1903 lettuce1903 Oscar Asche1905 jingle1906 doubloons1908 kale1912 scratch1914 green1917 oscar1917 snow1925 poke1926 oodle1930 potatos1931 bread1935 moolah1936 acker1939 moo1941 lolly1943 loot1943 poppy1943 mazoola1944 dosh1953 bickies1966 lovely jubbly1990 scrilla1994 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > a coin or note rock1837 dingbat1848 smackeroo1942 1848 Spirit of Jefferson (Va.) 25 July 1/4 I'd take a widder for my part, if she's got the ding-bats. 1861 N. H. Palladium Let. 25 Dec. in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (1877) 177 It has been found necessary..to expend the dingbats, to put something more substantial on the ‘fly’ [i.e. in motion] to bring our unruly relatives to their P's and Q's. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 1 Nov. I paid for my Kissingen in five-cent ‘dingbat’ or ‘spondulick’—two of the many names given to the fractional currency. 1905 World (N.Y.) 15 July 7/2 (caption) If Scotty has the ‘dough’ and he really wants to ‘blow’, he has struck at last the camp where dingbats talk. (b) The penis. Cf. ding n.⁶, dinger n.⁵, ding-a-ling n. 3, ding-dong n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis weapona1000 tarsec1000 pintleOE cock?c1335 pillicock?c1335 yard1379 arrowa1382 looma1400 vergea1400 instrumentc1405 fidcocka1475 privya1500 virile member (or yard)?1541 prickc1555 tool1563 pillock1568 penis1578 codpiece1584 needle1592 bauble1593 dildo1597 nag1598 virility1598 ferret1599 rubigo?a1600 Jack1604 mentula1605 virge1608 prependent1610 flute1611 other thing1628 engine1634 manhood1640 cod1650 quillity1653 rammer1653 runnion1655 pego1663 sex1664 propagator1670 membrum virile1672 nervea1680 whore-pipe1684 Roger1689 pudding1693 handle?1731 machine1749 shaft1772 jock1790 poker1811 dickyc1815 Johnny?1833 organ1833 intromittent apparatus1836 root1846 Johnson1863 Peter1870 John Henry1874 dickc1890 dingusc1890 John Thomasc1890 old fellowc1890 Aaron's rod1891 dingle-dangle1893 middle leg1896 mole1896 pisser1896 micky1898 baby-maker1902 old man1902 pecker1902 pizzle1902 willy1905 ding-dong1906 mickey1909 pencil1916 dingbatc1920 plonkerc1920 Johna1922 whangera1922 knob1922 tube1922 ding1926 pee-pee1927 prong1927 pud1927 hose1928 whang1928 dong1930 putz1934 porkc1935 wiener1935 weenie1939 length1949 tadger1949 winkle1951 dinger1953 winky1954 dork1961 virilia1962 rig1964 wee-wee1964 Percy1965 meat tool1966 chopper1967 schlong1967 swipe1967 chode1968 trouser snake1968 ding-a-ling1969 dipstick1970 tonk1970 noonies1972 salami1977 monkey1978 langer1983 wanker1987 c1920 H. N. Cary Sexual Vocab. (typescript) IV. in J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1994) I. 596/1 Penis, dingbat. 1930 Lyra Ebriosa 9 Her husband is feeble, his dingbat is limber. 1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 207 Do not withdraw your ding-bat, for in grinding you will be shifting your weight this way and that. c. Originally U.S. (a) More vaguely: a thing, esp. a gadget or contraption, whose name the speaker or writer does not know, cannot remember, or does not care to specify precisely; a ‘thingummy’. Cf. dingus n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown swilk and swilkc1175 thinga1325 what-call-ye-him1473 who knows what?1548 I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568 God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569 washical1575 what-d'ye-call-'em1593 so-and-so1596 whiblin1604 so-fortha1616 jiggumboba1625 know-not-whata1642 thingum1652 thingum-thangum1684 what's-his-name1697 something or other1706 thingummy1737 thingamabob1751 something1764 what's-her-name1816 conundrum1817 thingamerry1819 thingamajig1824 somebody1825 what's-its-name1839 whangdoodle1852 thingummytite1865 dingus1866 what-not1876 whatsita1882 gilguy1883 gadget1886 dingbat1894 doohickey1914 oojah1917 oojah capivvy1917 oojiboo1918 doodad1920 tiddlypush1923 whosis1923 thingy1927 doodah1928 doofer1937 hootenanny1940 whatchamacallit1942 gizmo1943 frammis1948 whosit1948 whifflow1961 oobyjiver1963 whatsisface1967 oojamaflip1970 what's-her-face1980 1894 Detroit Free Press 9 Mar. 4/4 They turned a whole raft of con motos and scherzos and op. 27s and appoggiaturas and other chromatic dingbats loose on him. 1920 Idaho Yarn 17 Sept. 3/1 The scenery is fairly littered with patent ‘dingbats’—electric. They are all over the ship, and you fall over them whichever way you turn. I suppose somebody must be able to remember them all, name them, locate them, and know how they function (we carry sixty electricians). 1944 F. Brown Angels & Spaceships (1955) 208 It was his dingbat. I mean, he made it and he thought he knew what it was. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 June 608/3 His purblind incapacity to cope with gadgets and dingbats. 2002 L. Purves Radio (2003) iii. 41 The sheer magic of carrying home an atmospheric moment on millions of little magnetic dingbats was so exciting that it made us hop and grin and chortle. (b) Printing. A typographical device other than a letter or numeral (such as an asterisk or rule), used to signal divisions in text, to replace letters in a euphemistically presented vulgar word, or for ornamentation. Also in plural: a font or typeface consisting of these. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > ornamental type, other than letter or numeral dingbat1897 1897 Typogr. Jrnl. 1 Nov. 341/1 Neither T. B. Aldrich, who polishes verse at his elegant leisure,..nor Dr. William Everett, who is preparing his inaugural address in Latin hexameter, could be at once epigrammatic, encyclopaedic and irresistible in a display head; and a dingbat would be far above their highest flight. 1921 G. M. Hyde Handbk. for Newspaper Workers xi. 173 Dingbats, heavy, wavy pieces of cut-off rule sometimes used beneath banner headlines. 1971 F. K. Baskette Art of Editing xvi. 360 A magazine page usually has..a block of text, usually beginning with a typographical device that..may be a dingbat such as a black square followed by a few words in all-capital letters. 1989 PC World 24 July 42/2 Like the [Zapf] Dingbats face, these symbols are scattered throughout the QWERTY keys. 2002 P. Baines & A. Haslam Type & Typogr. iii. 65/3 Today, such decorative material [sc. fleurons] is usually derived from individual pictorial elements rather than units used in combinations to create a pattern; these individual elements are often called ‘dingbats’. 3. a. Chiefly North American, Australian, and New Zealand. A person who is psychologically disturbed or mentally ill, or (later chiefly, in weakened sense) crazy or eccentric; one who is foolish or stupid. Also as a general term of abuse or contempt. Cf. sense B., dingbats adj.Recorded earliest as a modifier.In quot. 1879 as the surname of a character described as eccentric. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person woodman1297 madmanc1330 lunatic1377 franticc1380 madwomana1438 March harec1500 Bedlam beggar1525 fanaticc1525 bedlama1529 frenetic1528 Jack o' Bedlam1528 Tom o' Bedlam1569 crack-brain1570 madbrain1570 Tom1575 madcap1589 gelt1596 madhead1600 brainsick1605 madpash1611 non compos1628 madling1638 bedlam-man1658 bedlamerc1675 fan1682 bedlamite1691 cracka1701 lymphatic1708 shatter-brain1719 mad1729 maniaca1763 non compos mentis1765 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 insane1786 craze1831 dement1857 crazy1867 crackpot1883 loony1884 bug1885 psychopath1885 dingbat1887 psychopathic1890 ding-a-ling1899 meshuggener1900 détraqué1902 maddiea1903 nut1908 mental1913 ding1929 lakes1934 wack1938 fruitcake1942 nutty1942 barm-pot1951 nutcake1953 nutter1958 nutcase1959 nut job1959 meshuga1962 nutsy1964 headcase1965 nutball1968 headbanger1973 nutso1975 wacko1977 nut bar1978 mentalist1990 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person Jack foolc1405 drivel1478 idiotc1480 nidiot1533 hare-brain1542 hare-copa1566 nidget1579 lunatic1602 flight-head1605 moonling1631 driveller1682 tomfool1683 niddy-noddy1722 imbecile1781 puggle1783 gype1825 eejit1853 nowmun1854 dinlo1873 loon1885 ratbag1890 doughbakea1895 ding-a-ling1899 feeb1914 dingbat1915 bodoh1922 diddy1933 Nimrod1933 pranny1949 momo1953 head-the-ball1958 flake1968 fuckwit1969 tattie-bogle1969 div1975 tube1975 wazzock1976 gonzo1977 motorhead1979 prannet1979 twonk1981 dough ball1983 numpty1985 divvy1987 1879 ‘J. Q. Smith’ Humorous Sketches & Addr. 131 I have a friend. His name is Coriolanus Dingbat. Like several men who might be mentioned, he has his peculiarities.] 1887 Cairns (Queensland) Post 13 July 2/7 A dead-house, ‘dingbats’ ward, and the most ‘competent local architects’ are deliciously mixed up in our hospital report. 1915 Dial. Notes 4 203 Dingbat, a fool. ‘The boss called Ralph a dingbat because he made fun of him.’ 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) ii. 29 ‘Who is ut?’ Some ding bat after that job... He sounds a bit crackers to me. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp ii. 41 Midge was such a dingbat..that she went to Hawaii for a vacation during World War II. 1985 N.Y. Times 13 Jan. ii. 3/2 Miss Sternhagen's mother increases in giddiness, even to wearing what appears to be a feather in her hair. She is, in fact, a certifiable dingbat. 2012 S. Townsend Woman who went to Bed for Year iii. 25 They employ morons! Idiots! Plonkers! Fools! Halfwits! Dingbats! Cretins! b. Australian and New Zealand. In plural. Chiefly with the. Delirium; a disordered state of mind or consciousness such as might result from fever, intoxication, etc.; spec. delirium tremens. Frequently also in weakened sense, with reference to crazy, silly, or deluded thoughts or ideas. Often in to have the dingbats or to be in the dingbats. Also to give (a person) the dingbats: to make a person nervous or crazy. Cf. dingbats adj. ΚΠ 1888 Wagga Wagga (New S. Wales) Advertiser 8 Dec. The ‘ding-bats’, which, for the benefit of the ladies and others uninformed, I may explain is a form of the jim-jams. 1932 Townsville (Queensland) Daily Bull. 8 July 5/3 If you were shikkered or in the dingbats I'l overlook it. 1939 M. Morris Dark Tumult 57 ‘If I like I can be the best player in Victoria, Australia, Southern Hemisphere, The World, Amen!’ ‘You've got dingbats,’ said Robin. 1943 F. Sargeson in Penguin New Writing 18 71 I knew it would give me the dingbats if I just stayed on there waiting. 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand iv. 42 Boozin' again! You'll end up with the dingbats, you will. 1970 N. A. Beagley Up & Down Under 64 It dawned on me when I saw him in the morning that he was verging on the DT's or, in Aussie terms, ‘the ding bats’. 4. Originally and chiefly U.S. A tramp or hobo; a vagrant.In quot. 1902 denoting a specific type of seasonal agricultural worker. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1902 Daily Jrnl. (Salem, Oregon) 26 July 1/3 Roughly speaking, all the floating population which invades the grain fields of Umatilla during the harvest time may be divided into four parts—whiteliners, yegs, dingbats, and dynobins... The dingbat is the most curious and composite character in any of the classes. 1912 Railroad Man's Mag. Apr. 493/1 The lingering sunset..shone on the passing track close by, Where a dingbat sat on a rotten tie. 1926 J. Black You can't Win vi. 65 If you was some kind of a rank dingbat you wouldn't have been invited down here. 1951 N. Algren Chicago v. 70 The jungle hiders come softly forth: geeks and gargoyles, old blown winos, sour stewbums and grinning ginsoaks, young dingbats who went ashore on D Plus One or D Plus Two and have been trying to find some arc-lit shore ever since. 1991 F. Quinlan in K. C. Kearns Dublin Street Life & Lore vii. 212 I learn a lot about human nature on the street. You see all the lunacies and down-and-outs and dingbats. 5. Australian. In the army: an officer's servant; a batman (batman n.²). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun] knighta1100 squirec1290 page?a1400 custrona1425 varlet1470 custrel1474 esquire1477 servitora1513 valet1591 stokaghea1599 calo1617 bedet1633 Tartar1747 batman1755 goujat1776 waiter1828 striker1867 beltman1869 doggy1909 dingbat1918 batwoman1941 1918 Aussie: Austral. Soldiers' Mag. Feb. 4/2 He's not a bally Batman he's a Dingbat now, you know, We've changed his blessed monicker for keeps. 1940 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Jan. 35/3 There is a vast difference between a dingbat in the British Army and one in the A.I.F. 1944 Barging About (43rd Austral. Landing Craft Co.) 1 Sept. 12 He is Scottie's dingbat. To hear him bawl out to the other boongs when they happen to collect some of Scottie's washing, is an education. B. adj. Originally and chiefly U.S. Crazy, absurd, eccentric; stupid, foolish; = dingbats adj. Cf. sense A. 3a.Quots. 1878 and 1911 show earlier use of ding-batted and dingbatty (cf. batty adj. 2) respectively in the same sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adjective] > ridiculous gamelyOE jape-worthyc1374 foolisha1500 ridiculous1533 ludibrious1570 laughable1600 mockablea1616 laughworthy1616 ludicral1656 derisible1657 absurd1716 grotesque1747 tomfool1762 irrisible1767 ludicrous1782 deridable1804 saugrenu1876 screwy1887 derisive1896 josh1908 nutty1915 derisory1923 dingbat1935 bonkers1961 joky1964 1878 St. Joseph (Missouri) Gaz. 19 Mar. 1/5 When a good, popular St. Joseph music dealer presented a copy of his new temperance song, ‘To-Night You've been Drinking Again’, to a Kansas editor who happened in his store, the editor got up on his ear, sat down on a piano, swore it was a dad-fetched, ding-batted no-such-a-thing. 1911 Dial. Notes 3 542 Dingbatty, half crazy, imbecile. ‘That fellow is dingbatty.’] 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks Ding-bat, crazy. 1971 W. Burk & T. Thackrey Thief 48 I know this sounds dingbat to anyone else, but this is how it really was. 1993 Seattle Times 18 July b2/3 Those dingbat Democrats are back—tax and spend. Taxes are OK, for somebody else, not for me. 2015 Kwani? 8 595 Mutilated facts, historical revisionism, dingbat stories and ad hominem potshots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1838
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