dingle

[ ding-guh l ]

/ ˈdɪŋ gəl /

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noun

a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.

Nearby words

dingbats, dinge, dinger, dinges, dinghy, dingle, dingleberry, dingo, dingus, dingy, dining car

Origin of dingle

1200–50; Middle English: a deep dell, hollow; akin to Old English dung dungeon, Old High German tunc cellar

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Examples from the Web for dingle

The result is that Dingle now faces a 23-count federal indictment.
Obama’s Golf Buddy May Be a ‘Hostile Witness’ in Chicago Corruption Case|Ben Jacobs|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She refrained from opening it, but, taking it down to the dingle, she flung it into the deepest pool in the brook.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil
Darkness was now coming again over the earth; the dingle was again in deep shade.
Isopel Berners|George Borrow
Belle then departed and I returned to the dingle, where, seating myself on my stone, I remained for upwards of an hour in thought.
Isopel Berners|George Borrow

For over two hours Dingle reconnoitered the flat-boat, and all the time kept himself carefully concealed from it.
The Frontier Angel|Edward S. Ellis
In the very deepest part of the dingle was a stream of water falling from a rock.
The Fairchild Family|Mary Martha Sherwood

British Dictionary definitions for dingle

dingle

/ (ˈdɪŋɡəl) /

noun

a small wooded dell

Word Origin for dingle

C13: of uncertain origin

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dingle

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dingle

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