dingleberry /ˈdɪŋɡəɫbɛɹi/ noun4 •(slang) a small, disgusting lump of dried feces stuck in the hair around the anus •(slang) a stupid person whom the speaker looks down on, an idiot •a shrub that grows mainly in the Appalachian Mountains and has small red berries, also called the southern mountain cranberrydingleberries, or mountain-cranberries (Huge'ria, syn. Oxycoccoi'des), cranberries (Oxycoc'cus) — 1937 •(old-fashioned) a small, unwanted lump left on a surface after a process such as weldingThe contour of the root bead is very irregular and solidified drops of metal, "cherries" or "dingleberries," extend therefrom evidencing burn-throughs. — 1951 formsdingleberries