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dingos

dingos is the plural of dingo.

dingos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dingo.

Meaning of dingo

Noun

dingo (plural dingos or dingoes)

  1. 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
  2. (Australia, informal) A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.

See all 5 meanings of dingo

Forms of dingos

alternative formdingoes

Phrases with dingos

Questions about dingos

What is dingos the plural of?
Dingos is the plural of dingo.

Words near dingos in the dictionary

  1. dingolayed
  2. dingolaying
  3. dingolays
  4. dingonek
  5. dingoneks
  6. dingos
  7. Dingras
  8. Dingri
  9. dings
  10. dings up
  11. Dingsidang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dingos (page history and authors); dingo (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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