dingbat
Example Sentences
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So he just moved one rung lower, at the behest of a dingbat from the internet.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2025
In the original, that’s thanks mostly to Ariel’s talking Caribbean crab guardian, Sebastian, and her Noo Yawky dingbat sea gull pal, Scuttle.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
Orthodox families fill the area’s dingbat apartments, duplexes and bungalows, and thousands jam the sidewalks Saturday mornings on their way to Torah services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Then there was Miranda’s transformation from pragmatic career woman to lovesick dingbat, and the glaring absence of Samantha, a character who now exists solely via text message, like a saucy phantom trapped inside Carrie’s phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
The hootin'-annie appeared to be the thing that went wrong, while the dingbat was the thing the hootin'-annie was attached to.
From Casey Ryan by B. M. Bower
