Значення

значень: 6
  1. (розмовне)A silly, crazy or stupid person.

    Knallkopf, Knalltüte

    a silly empty-headed person

  2. A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.

  3. An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.

  4. A kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.

  5. (сленг)Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else.

  6. A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.

Приклади

речень: 5
  1. To spice up the design, he added some decorative shapes with a dingbat font.

  2. The head of the cult was a total dingbat with some really crazy beliefs.

  3. He's such a dingbat. I wish he would be serious for once!

  4. Don't pay attention to him. He's a real dingbat.

  5. These days, it seems that any dingbat who's starred in a couple of films feels qualified to run for President.

Deutsch
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silly, crazy or stupid person:

Походження

Unknown, US mid 19th century. The word-puzzle sense comes from the board game Dingbats, wh

Unknown, US mid 19th century. The word-puzzle sense comes from the board game Dingbats, which is based on these puzzles. In the sense of a miscellaneous gadget, probably influenced by dingus or its etyma.

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