dingo
/ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/US/ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/
dingo noun: a wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
Noun
dingo (plural dingos or dingoes)
- A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
- Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2
- A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.
Verb
dingo (third-person singular simple present dingoes, present participle dingoing, simple past and past participle dingoed)
- To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner.
- To renege on an agreement or situation.
- To let down another individual.
dingo meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Tagalog and Malay
dingo in Tamil
- டிங்கோ
dingo in Bengali
- wild dog native to Australia
- ডিঙ্গো ḍiṅgō
dingo in Tagalog
- wild dog native to Australia
- dinggo
dingo in Malay
- wild dog native to Australia
- dingo
More languagesFewer languages
- dingo in Thai
- ดิงโก ding-goh
- dingo in Vietnamese
- đingo
Forms of dingo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dingos |
| plural | dingoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dingoes |
| present participle | dingoing |
| past participle | dingoed |
| past | dingoed |
Origin of dingo
Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).
Words formed from dingo
- American dingo
- dingo fence
- dingo fish
- Dingo Forest
- dingo-proof
- dingo stiffener
- dingo’s breakfast
- dry as a dead dingo’s donger
- weredingo
Phrases with dingo
Words that rhyme with dingo
Questions about dingo
- What does dingo mean?
- Dingo means a wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
- What is dingo in Tamil?
- Dingo in Tamil is டிங்கோ. See Dingo meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dingo?
- Dingo can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dingo?
- Dingo is pronounced /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dingo?
- The plural of dingo is dingos.
Words near dingo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dingo (page history and authors); dingo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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