Usually means: Inept person; silly or foolish.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word dingus:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. dingus: Merriam-Webster
  2. dingus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dingus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dingus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dingus: Wiktionary
  6. dingus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. dingus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. dingus: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dingus: Dictionary.com
  10. dingus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Dingus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Dingus: Rhymezone
  13. dingus: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dingus: A Word A Day

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. dingus, dingus: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. dingus: Urban Dictionary
  3. Dingus: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

(Note: See dinguses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Dingus)

noun:  (informal, North American, South African) A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
noun:  (informal, Canada, US, derogatory, sometimes affectionately humorous) A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.
noun:  (slang, vulgar) Penis
noun:  A surname.

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