dingbat

Example Sentences

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A similar fate befell the dingbat in 1964, when L.A. once again increased its parking minimums.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Coco Jones makes the most of remaking Hilary as an upbeat self-assured culinary influencer instead of a dingbat, while Akira Jolie Akbar channels Ashley's essential lovability.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2022

She achieved a reluctant fame from the air disaster, thanks to a cheesy Italian biopic in 1974, “Miracles Still Happen,” in which the teenage Dr. Diller is portrayed as a hysterical dingbat.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2021

I mean this more in terms of “if you call them a dingbat, they won’t remember” and not “why bother making sure they feel firmly attached to their caregivers.”

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2019

Whatever was not a hootin'-annie was a dingbat, and treated accordingly.

From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.