Meanings
noundingo (plural dingos or dingoes)
plural dingos · plural 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 - AustraliainformalA cowardly or otherwise despicable person.
verbdingo (third-person singular simple present dingoes, present participle dingoing, simple past and past participle dingoed)
present singular third person dingoes · participle present dingoing · participle past dingoed · past dingoed
- AustraliainformalintransitivetransitiveTo behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner.
- AustraliainformalintransitivetransitiveTo let down another individual.
Synonyms & antonyms
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Dharugdingu“tame or domesticated dingo”
- Englishdingo
Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).
More words from Dharug
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Bengali ডিঙ্গো
- ডিঙ্গো (ḍiṅgō)wild dog native to Australia
Catalan dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Chinese Mandarin 澳大利亞野犬 /澳大利亚野犬, 澳洲野犬
- 澳大利亞野犬 /澳大利亚野犬 (Àodàlìyà yěquǎn)wild dog native to Australia
- 澳洲野犬 (Àozhōu yěquǎn)wild dog native to Australia
- 丁格犬 (dīnggé-quǎn)wild dog native to Australia
Czech dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Danish dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Dutch dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Esperanto dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Finnish dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
French dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
German Dingo
- Dingowild dog native to Australia
Greek ντίγκο
- ντίγκο (ntígko)wild dog native to Australia
Hungarian dingó
- dingówild dog native to Australia
Irish diongó
- diongówild dog native to Australia
Italian dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Japanese ディンゴ
- ディンゴ (dingo)wild dog native to Australia
Korean 딩고
- 딩고 (dinggo)wild dog native to Australia
Malay ديڠو, dingo
- ديڠوwild dog native to Australia
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Norwegian Bokmål dingo, australsk dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
- australsk dingowild dog native to Australia
Polish dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Portuguese dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Romanian dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Russian ди́нго
- ди́нго (díngo)wild dog native to Australia
Slovak dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Spanish dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Swedish dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Tagalog dinggo
- dinggowild dog native to Australia
Thai ดิงโก
- ดิงโก (ding-goh)wild dog native to Australia
Turkish dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Vietnamese đingo
- đingowild dog native to Australia
Welsh dingo
- dingowild dog native to Australia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dingo
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Cite this entry
APA
dingo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dingo
MLA
“dingo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dingo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dingo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dingo.
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