Noun

(dingleberries)

Vaccinium erythrocarpum'', the Southern mountain cranberry.“dingleberry?n” listed on page 73] of the ''(Dictionary of American Regional English) by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall (1985; [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ Harvard University Press; ISBN 0674205111, 9780674205116)

* 1937 , US Government Printing Office, Range Plant Handbook :

dingleberries , or mountain-cranberries (Huge'ria'', syn. ''Oxycoccoi'des ), cranberries (Oxycoc'cus)

* 1959 , Gordon Webber, What end but love :

Helen sat on the ground crumbling hard lumps of clay between her fingers, and tried to imagine the green place in the swamp where the dingleberries grew.

* {{quote-book, 1988, S.P. Vander Kloet, The Genus Vaccinium in North America, isbn=0660130378 citation

, passage=Vaccinium erythrocarpum , the dingleberry , sometimes produces berries of excellent flavor, which are used locally for jellies; Uphof (1968) reports that this species has been recommended for cultivation.}}

(dated, manufacturing) Any residual irregularity following processing

* {{quote-us-patent, 1951, Charles Diehl, Method for Welding a Joint, 2747065, page=3 citation

, passage=The contour of the root bead is very irregular and solidified drops of metal, "cherries" or "dingleberries ," extend therefrom evidencing burn-throughs.}}

* {{quote-news, 1966, May 20, , Stymied by Seniority, Time citation

, passage=That still left the problem of deciding on the "dingleberries "—the employees who would be exempt from seniority restrictions because of "special skills and outstanding abilities." }}

* {{quote-us-patent, 1967, M.R. Calton, Welding of Dispersion-Strengthened Alloys, 3477117, page=6 citation

, passage=It is theorized that when the surface velocity is below certain minimum values the material at the interface between workpieces WP-1 and WP-2 rolls up and extrudes from the interface in the form of long twisted cylindrical projections which are sometimes referred to as "dingle-berries ." }}

(slang) A small piece of feces clumped to hair around the anus.

(slang) A stupid person.