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Definition of dingbat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dingbat

noun
 
/ˈdɪŋbæt/
 
/ˈdɪŋbæt/
(North American English, slang)
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  1. a stupid person
    Word Originmid 19th cent. (in early use applied to various vaguely specified objects): origin uncertain; perhaps based on ding ‘ mark or dent’.
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