Definitions for dingo

dingo din·go

Spelling: [ding-goh]
IPA: /ˈdɪŋ goʊ/

Dingo is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in dingo (dgino).

Definitions for dingo

noun

  1. a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
  2. Australian. a cowardly or treacherous person.

Origin of dingo

First recorded in 1789, dingo is from the Dharuk word din-gu tame dingo

Examples for dingo

Tall and strong, the boy was as alert and suspicious as a dingo.

You only shot once at the dingo—there are two chambers empty in this revolver.

Although it is rare, dingo attacks on humans have been known to occur.

dingo attacks are generally the result of how a human acts toward them.

So, then he of the tight coat and cocked-hat was a king—King “dingo Bingo!”

In that garden I also saw the wild Australian dog—the dingo.

They do not bark, but have the long melancholy howl of the dingo or wild dog of Australia.

At the time, the dingo was semi-domesticated and is believed to be the common ancestor of all breeds today.

Georgina stepped in between the dingo and her baby sister just before their mother was able to scare the dingo away.

dingo packs are highly territorial and an intruding dingo will likely be killed.

Word Value for dingo
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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