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dinglehopper

dinglehopper noun: something that one does not readily recall the name of.

Noun

dinglehopper (plural dinglehoppers)

  1. (informal) Something that one does not readily recall the name of.
    • You press this, this... dinglehopper to get the motor started.
    • Scuttle: Human stuff, huh? Hey, lemme see. (Picks up fork.) Look at this. Wow – this is special – this is very, very unusual.
      Ariel: What? What is it?
      Scuttle: It's a dinglehopper! Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See, just a little twirl here and a yank there and voilà!...1989, The Little Mermaid, spoken by Ariel and Scuttle (Jodi Benson and Buddy Hackett)

Forms of dinglehopper

pluraldinglehoppers

Questions about dinglehopper

What does dinglehopper mean?
Dinglehopper means something that one does not readily recall the name of.
What part of speech is dinglehopper?
Dinglehopper is a noun.
What is the plural of dinglehopper?
The plural of dinglehopper is dinglehoppers.

Words near dinglehopper in the dictionary

  1. dingle stick
  2. dingle sticks
  3. dingle-dangle
  4. dingleberries
  5. dingleberry
  6. dinglehopper
  7. dinglehoppers
  8. dingles
  9. dingless
  10. Dingley
  11. Dingley Village

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