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dingolays

dingolays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dingolay.

Meaning of dingolay

Verb

dingolay (third-person singular simple present dingolays, present participle dingolaying, simple past and past participle dingolayed)

  1. (Caribbean, intransitive) To perform a kind of lively dance with hand movements.
    • Believe me, friends, if I were King / I'd marry any woman and give her a ring, / I wouldn't give a damn what the people say / So long as she can wash, cook, and dingolay. [Commenting on the abdication of Edward VIII.]1937, Arnold Gingrich, editor, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume 8, Chicago, Ill.: Esquire, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 109; also quoted in Catherine A. Sunshine, “Caribbean Unity, the Frustrated...

Questions about dingolays

What is dingolays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dingolays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dingolay.

Words near dingolays in the dictionary

  1. dingoes
  2. dingoing
  3. dingolay
  4. dingolayed
  5. dingolaying
  6. dingolays
  7. dingonek
  8. dingoneks
  9. dingos
  10. Dingras
  11. Dingri

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