dinges
See also: Dinges
English
Noun
dinges (plural dinges)
- Alternative spelling of dingus (“thingamajig; fool”)
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “10”, in Babbitt:
- The old-fashioned coon was a fine old cuss--he knew his place--but these young dinges don't want to be porters or cotton-pickers.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- dings (archaic)
Etymology
From older dings, from ding (“thing”). Compare German Dings and Dingens in the same sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪ.ŋəs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: din‧ges
Noun
dinges m or n (plural dingesen, diminutive dingesje n)
- (object) thingamajig, whatchamacallit
- (person) whatshisname, whatshername
Synonyms
Descendants
- → English: dingus
Interjection
dinges
- Said when one can't or is too busy or distracted to think of the proper thing to say.
- Wat ben je daar aan het doen? — Ja, eh... dinges!
- What are you doing there? — Yeah, uh... something or other!
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