Definition of DINGUS

dingus

Meanings

Plural: dinguses

Noun

  • A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
  • A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.
  • The penis.

Origin / Etymology

Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch dinges (“thingamajig, thingy; whatshisname, whatshername”), ding (“thing”). Probably also partly a borrowing from Afrikaans in view of its South African occurrence. The spelling dingus is remodeled to look like a Latin word ending in -us.

Synonyms

affair, anaconda, bald-headed hermit, baloney pony, banana, bazinga, birdie, bizzo, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode, chopper, cigar, cock, colloquial, corey, crank, cucumber, custard launcher, D, dealie, dealy, dick, dicklet, diddle, diddly, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingaling, dinger, dingle, dinglehopper, dingus, dingy, dink, dinkle, dipstick, dirk, disco stick, dog bone, dohickey, dojigger, dong, donger, dongle, Donkey Kong, doo-hickey, doober, doodad, doodah, doodle, doofer, doofus, doohickey, doohickus, doohinkey, doohinkus, doojigger, doovalacky, dork, down, fire hose, foo, foobar, frammis, frobnitz, fuckpole, gadget, geegaw, gewgaw, gherkin, gimmick, gingambob, gingumbob, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, hairy canary, hammer, hickey, hodad, hog, hoo-hoo, hootenanny, hooter, hot dog, hot rod, it, jade stalk, jamoke, jawn, jigger, jimbang, jimmy, jobber, jobby, jock, John Thomas, johnson, joint, Jonathan, joystick, junk, kajigger, kielbasa, kludge, knob, lad, langer, lingam, love muscle, love sausage, love stick, love truncheon, love wand, MacGuffin, machine, magnum, male member, man-meat, manhood, Master John Goodfellow, meat, meat puppet, meat rod, meat scepter, meat stick, meatstick, member, membrum virile, nature's scythe, nob, old chap, old fellow, one-eyed trouser snake, oojamaflip, organ, p-word, package, pecker, pee-pee, pee-wee, peen, pego, penis, Percy, peter, phallus, pickle, piece, piece of pork, pike, pillicock, pingas, pink cigar, pink oboe, pintle, pipe, pisser, piston, pizzle, plonker, pork sword, prick, pud, purple-headed yogurt slinger, putz, python, ramrod, rape tool, rigamajig, rod, root, rutter, salami, sausage, schlong, schmuck, sex tool, shaft, shebang, shlong, shmekl (qualifier, short arm, skin flute, snake, snausage, Sorted alphabetically, Sorted by number of Google hits, spitstick, stem, stretcher, stuff, sucker, swipe, tadger, tagger, tail, tallywhacker, tarse, thing, thingabob, thingamabob, thingamabobber, thingamafuck, thingamajig, thingamajigger, thingamajiggy, thingie, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingmy, thingo, thingum, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummabob, thingummajig, thingummy, thingummyjig, thingy, thingymabob, thingymajig, third leg, tic tac, ting, todger, tool, trouser monkey, trouser snake, truncheon, tube steak, unit, virile member, wang, weapon, wee-wee, weenie, weeny, whachacallit, whachamacallit, whaddayacallit, whang, whatchacallit, whatchamacallit, whatchamahoozie, whatdoyoucallit, whatdyecallem, whatnot, whatsaname, whatsis, whatsit, whatsitsname, whiff-whaff, whosiewhatsit, whosit, wick, widdler, widget, widgie, wiener, willie, willy, wingwang, winkle, winky, wossisname, wossname, wotsit, yard, Yiddish), ying-yang, yoke, yokibus

Scrabble Score: 8

dingus is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
dingus is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dingus is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

dingus is a valid Words With Friends word