Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive)To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner.

  2. (Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive)To renege on an agreement or situation.

  3. (Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive)To let down another individual.

Examples

11 sentences

  1. Layla thinks that dingoes are huge monsters.

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  2. Leonid heard dingos howling in the distance.

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  3. Layla doesn't even know what a dingo is.

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  4. Layla's only defense against the dingos was a handgun.

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  5. Layla thinks that a dingo is as big as a grizzly.

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Origin

Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).

Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).

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Forms

dingoes, dingoing, dingoed, dingoed
Base formdingo · to dingo
3rd person singulardingoes
Present participledingoing
Past simpledingoed
Past participledingoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydingo
he, she, itdingoes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdingoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dingoed
he, she, ithas dingoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dingo

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dingedinghydingydinnerA1dinnertime
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