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dinger

[ ding-er ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. Baseball. home run.


dinger

/ ˈdɪŋə /

noun

  1. an informal word for home run
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dinger1

1800–10; perhaps ding 1 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

La Russa called the dinger a “big mistake,” said Mercedes was “clueless,” joked that he’d spank Mercedes if the athlete wasn’t so big and strong, and insisted such a disrespectful home run wouldn’t come off Mercedes’s bat again.

We tried to keep up with them, but that little plane is a hum-dinger for speed and it soon outstripped us.

"Why, she's a hum-dinger," returned Baptiste more curiously.

Ring-a-dinger, ring-a-dinger went the dinner bell all unheeded.

That night they took in a show which was a "hum dinger," and should have endured a life-time.

"I s'pose we could swing that dinger back and forth if we couldn't do nothin' else," Gizzard admitted resignedly.

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