(psychology) A cognitive bias by which an unskilled individual suffers from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability as much higher than it actually is.

plural of Dunning-Kruger effect

(geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement. / (countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.

(transitive) To fertilize with dung. / (transitive, calico printing) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.

(obsolete) past participle of ding

(colloquial) To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.

Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”)

Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.

An unintelligent person.