noun
- decorative symbols or ornamental characters used in typography
- foolish or eccentric people
Usage: printing
Usage: informal; mildly derogatory
Examples
- The designer added dingbats between paragraphs to make the document more visually appealing.
- She used star-shaped dingbats to separate sections in her newsletter.
- The font included various dingbats like arrows, hearts, and geometric shapes.
- Those dingbats next door are playing loud music again at midnight.
- Don’t listen to those dingbats; they don’t know what they’re talking about.