Dinges — meaning in English
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English meaning
- doohickey noun A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
- john noun Informal US term for a toilet.
- thingamabob noun A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
- thingamajig noun Something that one does not know the name of.
- thingy noun An informal word for an object whose name the speaker can't recall or doesn't need to state.
- whatchamacallit noun An informal word for an object whose name you can't remember or don't know.
Senses
Dinges is used for these senses in English:
- John (informal) Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known.
- doohickey (slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
- thingamabob (slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
- thingamajig (informal) Something that one does not know the name of.
- thingy (informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
- what's-his-name A male person or entity whose name one does not remember or want to mention but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whatchamacallit (slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
john — full definition
- noun Informal US term for a toilet.
- noun Slang for a prostitute's customer.