dingle
Meanings
Plural: dingles
Noun
- a small wooded hollow
- A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
Adj
- Having good weather.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).
Related to dungeon.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
dingle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL worddingle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dingle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
dingle is a valid Words With Friends word