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dingle¹

  • /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/

Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl

Where it comes from

From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).

Related to dungeon.

noun dingles

  1. A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley. Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at th

dingle²

adjective more dingle · most dingle

  1. slang Having good weather. Antarctica can be dingle, with clear skies, or mank, with nothing of the sort.

    Opposite: mank, manky

Dingle³

  • /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/

Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl

Where it comes from

From Irish An Daingean, Daingean Uí Chúi (“fort of Ó Cúis”), from daingean (“fortress”).

proper noun

  1. A harbour town in County Kerry, Ireland and the peninsula on which it stands.
  2. An area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3687).
  3. A surname.

noun Dingles

  1. Sheffield Someone from Barnsley

    Similar: Barnsleyite

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noun small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley

DeutschWaldschlucht
Italianoanfratto
Русскийглубо́кая лощи́на glubókaja loščína, лощи́на loščína

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@misc{dingle_2026,
  title = {dingle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dingle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}