DINGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dingle mean? 

• DINGLE (noun)
  The noun DINGLE has 1 sense:

1. a small wooded hollow

  Familiarity information: DINGLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DINGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small wooded hollow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

dell; dingle

Hypernyms ("dingle" is a kind of...):

holler; hollow (a small valley between mountains)

 Context examples 

But there, down in the dingle, is the church of Cardillac, and you may see the inn where three poplars grow beyond the village.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the meantime the supervisor rode on, as fast as he could, to Kitt's Hole; but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle, leading, and sometimes supporting, their horses, and in continual fear of ambushes; so it was no great matter for surprise that when they got down to the Hole the lugger was already under way, though still close in.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)