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Noun: dingleberry  'din-gul,be-ree
Usage: US
  1. [US, informal] A stupid incompetent person
    - dimwit [informal], nitwit [informal], half-wit [informal], doofus [N. Amer, informal], numpty [UK, informal], nelly [informal], donkey [informal], nellie [informal], noodle [informal], yo-yo [N. Amer, informal], dufus [N. Amer, informal], simp [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. The southern mountain cranberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)
     
  3. [US, vulgar] A small piece of dried fecal matter, esp. stuck to the anal hair of an animal

Derived forms: dingleberries

Type of: simple [archaic], simpleton

Encyclopedia: Dingleberry