dingbat

Example Sentences

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“It’s been my home for 40 years,” said Cathy Livas, 77, who pays $824 a month to live in a dingbat unit with her 56-year-old son with special needs.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2023

Everything about the show is more confident – the physical comedy is goofier, Devi's dingbat logic is more outlandish, and McEnroe's narration easily flows with the action.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2021

She achieved a reluctant fame from the air disaster, thanks to a cheesy Italian biopic in 1974, “Miracles Still Happen,” in which the teenage Dr. Diller is portrayed as a hysterical dingbat.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2021

I mean this more in terms of “if you call them a dingbat, they won’t remember” and not “why bother making sure they feel firmly attached to their caregivers.”

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2019

I know, grandpa—but she's such a funny little dingbat!

From Missy by Gatlin, Dana