dingbat

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A silly, crazy or stupid person.
2. noun A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
3. noun An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
4. noun A kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.
5. noun Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
6. noun A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.

Similar words

ninny bullet batsicle dimbus moonbat ding-a-ling dumbo doodlebug bum head nutbar

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Word family

dingbats