dinglehopper

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noun

Something that one does not readily recall the name of.

“You press this, this... dinglehopper to get the motor started.”

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Meanings

noundinglehopper (plural dinglehoppers)

plural dinglehoppers

  1. informalSomething that one does not readily recall the name of.

    You press this, this... dinglehopper to get the motor started.

    1 more example

    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! You got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over! Ariel: A dinglehopper!

    1989, The Little Mermaid, spoken by Ariel and Scuttle (Jodi Benson and Buddy Hackett)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
thingy
Cite this entry
APA

dinglehopper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinglehopper

MLA

“dinglehopper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinglehopper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dinglehopper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinglehopper.

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