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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) Something that one does not readily recall the name of..
You press this, this... dinglehopper to get the motor started.
Scuttle: Human stuff, huh? Hey, lemme see. (Picks up fork.) Look at this. Wow – this is special – this is very, very unusual. Ariel: What? What is it? Scuttle: It's a dinglehopper! Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See, just a little twirl here and a yank there and voilà! You got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over! Ariel: A dinglehopper!
Use dinglehopper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dinglehopper means (informal) Something that one does not readily recall the name of..
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You press this, this... dinglehopper to get the motor started.
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