dingbat

Example Sentences

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So he just moved one rung lower, at the behest of a dingbat from the internet.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2025

Resting a few feet from a dingbat apartment to the south, the ADU is lifted off the ground to preserve two parking spots in the alley and a swimming pool in front.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 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

The hootin'-annie appeared to be the thing that went wrong, while the dingbat was the thing the hootin'-annie was attached to.

From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.