Usually means: Ornamental, whimsical typographic or symbol.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word dingbat:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. dingbat: Merriam-Webster
  2. dingbat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dingbat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dingbat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dingbat: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dingbat, dingbat: Wordnik
  7. dingbat: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dingbat: Wiktionary
  9. dingbat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dingbat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dingbat: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dingbat: Dictionary.com
  13. dingbat: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Dingbat (building), Dingbat (disambiguation), Dingbat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. dingbat: Rhymezone
  16. dingbat: FreeDictionary.org
  17. dingbat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. dingbat: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dingbat: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dingbat: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dingbat, dingbat, dingbat, dingbat, dingbat, dingbat, dingbat, dingbat: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. dingbat: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dingbat: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person.
noun:  (typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
noun:  (architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
noun:  A kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.
noun:  (slang) Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else.
noun:  A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.

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