dingbat
/ˈdɪŋbæt/
noun
- A decorative typographical symbol or ornament, such as a star, arrow, or bullet, used in printing or digital design.
- You can find a flower dingbat in the font's special characters menu.
- The newsletter used a hand-pointing dingbat to draw attention to the important note.
- The designer added a small star dingbat to separate the sections of the menu.
- A silly or foolish person.
- My little brother acted like a total dingbat at the party, making everyone laugh.
- Don't be such a dingbat — you left your keys in the fridge again.
- She called him a dingbat for forgetting their anniversary.
- A small, often decorative object or item of unknown or unspecified name.
- The craft store sells all kinds of wooden dingbats for scrapbooking.
- I found a plastic dingbat in the junk drawer and couldn't figure out what it was for.
- He picked up a metal dingbat from the hardware store, but it didn't fit the shelf.