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Dingus vs Dong - What's the difference?

dingus | dong |

As a noun dingus

is something whose name is either unknown or forgotten; a thingamajig.

As a verb dong is

to resound, reverberate, echo, boom.

dingus

English

Noun

(es)
  • Something whose name is either unknown or forgotten; a thingamajig.
  • * 1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, p. 29:
    • I wet the rod and measured the stuff into the top and and by that time the water was steaming. I filled the lower half of the dingus and set it on the flame.
  • * 1979 , (Kyril Bonfiglioli), After You with the Pistol , Penguin 2001, p. 241:
    • ‘Say, what’s that dingus you Britishers wear when you’re playing cricket?’
  • A fool or incompetent person.
    • I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus .
  • (slang, vulgar) penis
  • * 1970 , Don Tracy, The Last Boat Out of Cincinnati , Trident Press (1970), ISBN 9780671270568, page 74:
    • "He got mad at me because his dingus wouldn’t come up for him — too drunk, I guess.

    See also

    * doofus (2) English placeholder terms

    dong

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , from (etyl) ), from (etyl) ? (''*l?o? ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol:

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) The penis; a dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
    • Synonyms
    * (penis ): See also

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Onomatopoeia for the sound made by a bell with a low pitch.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a low-pitched sound from a bell

    • See also

    *ding dong ----