dingbats
Britishplural noun
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slang delirium tremens
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informal to make someone nervous
adjective
Example Sentences
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“It seems like only the real dingbats are not listening.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
As with brownstones and dingbats, distaste can dissolve with time.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Perhaps the next installment could do away with the pretense of these dingbats needing to save the world?
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
When asked about either of them bring cage-side for the Poirier fight, he replied, "I couldn’t care about them two dingbats."
From Fox News ● Jul. 9, 2021
That's what brings in the—" "But see here," breaks in Ham, "how the merry dingbats would you use me in a beauty parlor?
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Sewell Ford
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