dingbats

/ ˈdɪŋˌbæts /

plural noun

1. slang,  delirium tremens

2. informal,  to make someone nervous

adjective

1. informal,  crazy or stupid

Example Sentences

These structures became known as dingbats, a common developer name for a structure that was “thrown up quick and shoddily built,” as a newspaper reported at the time.

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These structures, also known as dingbats, can be retrofitted by installing a steel frame to support the ground story.

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Since the law passed, Los Angeles has made substantial progress in strengthening its earthquake-vulnerable apartment buildings with weak first stories, which are often known as “dingbats” or “soft story” buildings.

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Soft-story apartments, also known as dingbats, have flimsy poles on the ground floor that prop up carports and can snap in an earthquake.

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Some California cities say they are exploring retrofits of a different type of flawed structure: soft-story apartment buildings — also called dingbats — that have flimsy ground stories often to accommodate carports or garages.

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