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单词 dingus
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Definition of dingus in English:

dingus

(South African dinges)
nounPlural dinguses ˈdɪŋəsˈdɪŋɡəs
South African, North American informal
  • Used to refer to something one cannot or does not wish to name specifically.

    you can hack this dingus into having much better range
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I never think about the little plastic dinguses at the bottom of the drape-cords in my room, until I pull them and remember that they're original.
    • Grilled a marinated pork dingus for supper - it's this boneless flaccid tube of pork in a plastic sleeve, soaked in brine and pepper and various other powders.
    • Whenever you feel the urge to know more about a dingus or purchase a doodad that does everything, just visit a kindergarten nearby and ask the little tikes how to have fun.
    • ’Would you look at this dingus,’ Bogart says, turning the fruit jar in his hand.
    Synonyms
    object, article, item, artefact, commodity

Origin

Late 19th century: via Afrikaans from Dutch ding 'thing'.

  • There are many words for something one cannot name or remember such as thingamabob (mid 18th century) or more simply thingy (late 18th century). Dingus is made on the same pattern, being a South African adoption from Afrikaans ding ‘thing’.

Rhymes

Mingus
 
 

Definition of dingus in US English:

dingus

nounˈdiNGɡəsˈdɪŋɡəs
North American, South African informal
  • Used to refer to something one cannot or does not wish to name specifically.

    you can hack this dingus into having much better range
    here's a doohickey—and there's the dingus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whenever you feel the urge to know more about a dingus or purchase a doodad that does everything, just visit a kindergarten nearby and ask the little tikes how to have fun.
    • Grilled a marinated pork dingus for supper - it's this boneless flaccid tube of pork in a plastic sleeve, soaked in brine and pepper and various other powders.
    • I never think about the little plastic dinguses at the bottom of the drape-cords in my room, until I pull them and remember that they're original.
    • ’Would you look at this dingus,’ Bogart says, turning the fruit jar in his hand.
    Synonyms
    object, article, item, artefact, commodity

Origin

Late 19th century: via Afrikaans from Dutch ding ‘thing’.

 
 
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