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- [ding-goh]
- /ˈdɪŋ goʊ/
- /ˈdɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
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- [ding-goh]
- /ˈdɪŋ goʊ/
Definitions of dingo word
- noun plural dingo a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat. 1
- noun plural dingo Australian. a cowardly or treacherous person. 1
- noun dingo A wild or half-domesticated dog with a sandy-colored coat, found in Australia. It is believed to have been introduced by early Aboriginal immigrants. 1
- noun dingo Australian wild dog 1
- countable noun dingo A dingo is an Australian wild dog. 0
- noun dingo a wild dog, Canis dingo, of Australia, having a yellowish-brown coat and resembling a wolf 0
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Origin of dingo
First appearance:
before 1789 One of the 44% newest English words
First recorded in 1789, dingo is from the Dharuk word din-gu tame dingo
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Parts of speech for Dingo
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dingo popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dingo
noun dingo
- mutt — a dog, especially a mongrel.
- cur — A cur is an unfriendly dog, especially a mongrel.
- wolf — any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- chow — Food can be referred to as chow.
- hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
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