dingy

Related to dingy: dengue fever, thesaurus

dingus

1. One who is stupid or foolish. Geez, he keeps pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a dingus.
2. A name for a gadget or thing whose actual name has, typically, been forgotten. Hand me that dingus or whatever it's called, will you?
3. vulgar slang A penis. I don't want to see your dingus—pull up your pants!

dingy

1. adjective Crazy, wild, or strange. There's a guy on our corner who shouts about the end of the world; I think he's a little dingy.
2. noun, vulgar slang A penis. I don't want to see your dingy—pull up your pants!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dingus

1. n. a thing or gadget. I have a little dingus that helps me clean venetian blinds.
2. and dingy n. the penis; the male thing. (Usually objectionable.) Jimmy, shake your dingus and put it away!

dingy

verb
See dingus

dingy

(ˈdɪŋi)
1. mod. loony; giddy. That friend of yours sure does act dingy sometimes.
2. Go to dingus.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • dingus
  • dingbat
  • dinghead
  • dingleberry
  • doofus
  • blockhead
  • dimwit
  • dipwad
  • ding-a-ling
References in periodicals archive
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As a single mother living in Edinburgh, the children's author famously penned her first drafts in a cafe to escape the cold of her dingy flat.
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