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English
Noun
dinglehopper (plural dinglehoppers)
- (informal) Something that one does not readily recall the name of.
You press this, this... dinglehopper to get the motor started.
1989, The Little Mermaid, spoken by Ariel and Scuttle (Jodi Benson and Buddy Hackett):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!
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