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D0230700 (dĭng′băt′)n.1. Slang An empty-headed or silly person.2. An object, such as a brick or stone, used as a missile.3. Slang An unspecified gadget or other small article, especially one whose name is unknown or forgotten.4. Printing A typographical ornament or symbol.

[Probably ding + bat (as in bats in the belfry).]

dingbat

(ˈdɪŋˌbæt) n1. any unnamed object, esp one used as a missile2. a crazy or stupid person[C19: of unknown origin]

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(ˈdɪŋˌbæt)

n. 1. Informal. a ding-a-ling. 2. an ornamental piece of type for borders, separators, decorations, etc. [1830–40]

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Noun

dingbat - a silly empty-headed person; "you would be a dingbat even to try it"; "yet here he was with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister"simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense

dingbat

nounSlang. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy:crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic.Informal: crank, loon, loony.Slang: cuckoo, ding-a-ling, kook, nut, screwball, weirdie, weirdo.

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dingbat

1. One who is stupid or foolish. Geez, he keeps pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a dingbat.2. A name for a small gadget whose actual name has, typically, been forgotten. Where's that dingbat? I need it to finish this repair.

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1. n. a name for a gadget. Isn’t there supposed to be a little red dingbat that goes in this hole? 2. n. a stupid person. Who is the dingbat with Bob? 3. n. any undesirable person. (Also a rude term of address.) I’m tired of reading about that dingbat in the paper every day.

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noun a person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy

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noun a silly empty-headed person

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