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Meaning of "dingbats" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DINGBATS

dingbats  [ˈdɪŋˌbæts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DINGBATS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dingbats can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DINGBATS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dingbat (disambiguation)

A dingbat is an ornament or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a "printer's ornament" Dingbat or dingbats might also refer to: ▪ Dingbat, slang term, used to describe someone silly, notably applied to the TV character Edith Bunker by her husband ▪ "Dingbats", a board game requiring players to solve rebuses and known in America as Whatzit? ▪ dingbat, another word for rebus derived from the game ▪ Dingbat, slang term, used to describe cheap urban apartment buildings from the 1950s and 1960s ▪ Dingbat, in South Africa, a paddle ball ▪ Dingbat, a character created by Paul Terry ▪ "The Dingbat Family", a comic by George Herriman ▪ Dingbat, a cartoon character who co-starred in Heathcliff and Dingbat ▪ Dingbat, slang term, used as an alternate name for the Dignity Battalions ▪ Dingbat, a placeholder name for a random or unknown object.

Definition of dingbats in the English dictionary

The definition of dingbats in the dictionary is crazy or stupid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DINGBATS


bats
bæts
CATS
kæts
combats
ˈkɒmbæts
congrats
kənˈɡræts
ersatz
ˈɛəzæts
flats
flæts
Katz
ˈkæts
lats
læts
mudflats
mʌd flæts
Nats
ˈnæts
rats
ræts
SATs
sæts
stats
stæts
Tatt´s
tæts
that´s
ðæts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DINGBATS

ding
Ding an sich
ding-a-ling
ding-dong
Dingaan
dingbat
dinge
dinger
dinges
dingey
dinghies
dinghy
dingier
dingiest
dingily
dinginess
dingle
dingleberry
dingo
dingus

WORDS THAT END LIKE DINGBATS

Aragats
Desert Rats
Eastern Ghats
eats
floats
Ghats
give someone the dingbats
Greats
groats
John o´Groats
Keats
Liberal Democrats
long-coats
oats
rolled oats
sweats
the dingbats
Western Ghats
wild oats
Yeats

Synonyms and antonyms of dingbats in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dingbats» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DINGBATS

Find out the translation of dingbats to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dingbats from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dingbats» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

标志
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dingbats
570 millions of speakers

English

dingbats
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Dingbats
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دينغ باتس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Декоративные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dingbats
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dingbats
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Symboles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dingbats
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dingbats
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

飾り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장식 기호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dingbats
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dingbats
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிங்பேட்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिंगबॅट्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dingbats
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dingbats
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dingbats
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

декоративні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dingbats
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Dingbats
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dingbats
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hänvisningstecken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dingbats
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dingbats

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DINGBATS»

The term «dingbats» is regularly used and occupies the 83.819 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DINGBATS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dingbats» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dingbats» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dingbats

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DINGBATS»

Discover the use of dingbats in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dingbats and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Super Silly Sports Trivia Dingbats Book
__Alabama Dingbats __Alaska Dingbats __Arkansas Dingbats __Colorado Dingbats __Delaware Dingbats __Georgia Dingbats __Idaho Dingbats __Indiana Dingbats __Kansas Dingbats __Louisiana Dingbats __Maryland Dingbats ...
Carole Marsh, 1994
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Wyoming Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1994
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Connecticut Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1994
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California Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1991
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Ohio Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1994
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Maine Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1994
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Pennsylvania Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1994
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Georgia Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1994
9
Kentucky Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1994
10
Kansas Dingbats!
Carole Marsh. Carole MarshDingbat Books CAROLE MARSH STATE DINGBAT CODE BOOKS Including 51 editions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, ...
Carole Marsh, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DINGBATS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dingbats is used in the context of the following news items.
1
It's All About The Referendum Now
... for the weekend so I can fire up the Big Green Egg, and it's time to talk about the markets, economies, dolts, and dingbats. As if I really could! «FXStreet, Jul 15»
2
Who is burning 'black' churches?
When Los Angelenos set their own neighborhood on fire in 1992, only dingbats like Rep. Maxine Waters actually defended knocking over the ... «Personal Liberty Digest, Jul 15»
3
Carol Wilkie's Notes from a Small Settee: Enter the man cave
These dingbats obviously don't actually live in homes with beige carpet. It's impossible to exist in anything approaching normality, without ... «Cheddar Valley Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Letter: America can't ignore its history
Of all the troubles, trials and tribulations this country faces, our grossly overpaid dingbats choose to focus a bit of their attention from their own ... «Amarillo.com, Jul 15»
5
Gnostic Mysticism Grounds Modern Progressive Ideology
Like most pop-culture dingbats, Monroe was simply absorbing and reflecting the fashionable air she was breathing, sentiments of New Left ... «The Federalist, Jun 15»
6
The Morgan Honors Hermann Zapf With an Exhibit
His innovative typeface Zapf Dingbats was a precursor to the now-ubiquitous emoji set. His command of letterforms is particularly notable in the ... «Fine Books & Collections Magazine, Jun 15»
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Bearish Zing!s
Bait helps, but largemouth dingbats will bite on a shiny, bare hook. If it gets in your way, just kill it. Never mind that you are the one encroaching, ... «Tallahassee.com, Jun 15»
8
A return to the old fishing tackle
Color patterns on the older lures like the Creek Chub Darter and Dingbats are another factor that modern day lure designers have paid ... «Leavenworth Times, Jun 15»
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Beyond Dingbats: the typographic legacy of Hermann Zapf
But it's Zapf's Dingbats that may have had the biggest impact on modern communication, as this collection of scissors and stars, squares and ... «Dezeen, Jun 15»
10
Water Falling
... and a human one, made of camera-toting dingbats more concerned about snapping a photo than the dangers of walking on slippery wood. «Willamette Week, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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