Meaning of dingus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
   Canada, South-Africa, US, informal
2. A surname.
3. A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.
   Canada, US, derogatory, endearing, humorous, informal, sometimes
4. The penis.
   slang, vulgar

Examples

“"If anybody should come in, and catch you with your breeches, as it were, down on the floor, all you have to do is to drink the water, wrap the rubber dingus around you, and tell them to “lay on Macduff.””

“WLK. First radio station. On December 31, 1921, local engineer Francis F. Hamilton's radio station, 9ZJ, signed on with an address from Mayor Samuel (Lew) Shank. Broadcasting from Hamilton's garage at 2011 North Alabama Street, Shank made the city's first radio blooper: "Hamilton, do you mean to tell me that people can actually hear me over that damn' dingus?"”

“"He took the this-is-unheard-of-but-not-really-serious-of-course attitude of a street fakir whose mechanical dingus flops during a demonstration."”

“I wet the rod and measured the stuff into the top and by that time the water was steaming. I filled the lower half of the dingus and set it on the flame.”

“‘Say, what’s that dingus you Britishers wear when you’re playing cricket?”

“Drill #40 the .094 [2.4 mm] holes in the dingus. Dimple the #40 holes.”

“I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus.”

“"He got mad at me because his dingus wouldn’t come up for him — too drunk, I guess. […]”

“And Chester Charles Smithers sucked on that warm black dingus for as long as he could.”

“How come you can say dink when you're talking about your jobs but I can't say dink when I'm talking about my dingus?”

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