dingbat
A silly, crazy or stupid personA silly, crazy or stupid person.
» To spice up the design, he added some decorative shapes with a dingbat font.
Значення
значень: 6(розмовне)A silly, crazy or stupid person.
Knallkopf, Knalltüte
a silly empty-headed person
A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
A kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.
(сленг)Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else.
A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.
Приклади
речень: 5To spice up the design, he added some decorative shapes with a dingbat font.
The head of the cult was a total dingbat with some really crazy beliefs.
He's such a dingbat. I wish he would be serious for once!
Don't pay attention to him. He's a real dingbat.
These days, it seems that any dingbat who's starred in a couple of films feels qualified to run for President.
Переклади
мов: 3За значеннями 1
Походження
Unknown, US mid 19th century. The word-puzzle sense comes from the board game Dingbats, whUnknown, 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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