Dingus

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɪŋɡəs/

Origin

From Dutch dinges, ding ("thing").

Full definition of dingus

Noun

1. Something whose name is either unknown or forgotten; a thingamajig.
• 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 29:I wet the rod and measured the stuff into the top and and by that time the water was steaming. I filled the lower half of the dingus and set it on the flame.
• 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin 2001, p. 241:‘Say, what’s that dingus you Britishers wear when you’re playing cricket?’
2. A fool or incompetent person.I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus.
3. (slang, vulgar) penis
• 1970, Don Tracy, The Last Boat Out of Cincinnati, Trident Press (1970), ISBN 9780671270568, page 74:"He got mad at me because his dingus wouldn’t come up for him — too drunk, I guess.