as in whatsit
a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember
it seems to be missing some little dingus that holds everything in place
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Recent Examples of dingus
Here, this happily deluded dingus is played by a modern master of the type, David Cross.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
Companion, meanwhile, quickly makes clear what a dingus Josh is; the film seems uninterested in deeper character study, instead just generating turns aplenty to keep up the momentum.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
So, naturally, that handsome and talented dingus would also have some absolutely obnoxious music opinions.
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Matt Miller,
Esquire,
1 Feb. 2018
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
Companion, meanwhile, quickly makes clear what a dingus Josh is; the film seems uninterested in deeper character study, instead just generating turns aplenty to keep up the momentum.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
So, naturally, that handsome and talented dingus would also have some absolutely obnoxious music opinions.
—
Matt Miller,
Esquire,
1 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dingus
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Sometimes, images are blurred and overlaid as densely as the chaos of musical fragments and creaking sonic whatsits in Joseph Field Eccles and Nick Smyth’s own sound design.
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Back then, the song was a fast, visionary whatsit, all pulsing, pipe-like synths and simple, buzzing one-bit melodies.
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And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.
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Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.
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There’s an amulet (one of those glowing doohickeys the fate of the cosmos hangs on), and your heart may sink every time someone starts chattering about it.
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Co-writes from Brandi Carlile and vocals from Chris Stapleton can’t save it; the choruses can’t muster up the old dopamine hits; even the trademark Dessner doohickeys seem absent, just uninspired arrangements with heavily Melodyned vocals.
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Ariel’s reaction to King Triton blowing up all her thingamabobs is understandable.
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Wicks ends up dead, stabbed in the back with a sinister-looking thingamabob.
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Here are some tricks for how to remove a hickey beyond the old scarf or turtleneck trick.
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The final piece of the puzzle snaps into place as the gang attends a party thrown by Mac’s friend and former producer Roya (Haven Burton), who happens to own the monkey that gave Mac that embarrassing small-mouth hickey.
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And some indie IPs get that wrong, especially when going to film adaptation and whatnot.
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And that encompasses staffing and a lot of coordinating with other things, doctors and whatnot.
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These new doodads are often flashy, but always seem a little off the mark.
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Even for those cars that sport all the latest doodads, too many feature proprietary connectivity tech, a digital downer for many consumers.
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“Dingus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dingus. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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