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dinger

[ ding-er ]
/ ˈdɪŋ ər /
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noun Slang.

humdinger.
Baseball. home run.

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Origin of dinger

1800–10; perhaps ding1 + -er1

Words nearby dinger

ding an sich, dingbat, dingbats, ding-dong, dinge, dinger, dinges, dinghy, dingle, dingleberry, Ding Ling
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Words related to dinger

single, buzzer, siren, gong, ringer, alarm, buzz, tocsin, ding-dong, peal, toll, carillon, chime, curfew, vesper, clapper, warning, signal, bell, tintinnabulum

Example sentences from the Web for dinger

  • “If you can throw a scare into Lance, you sure are a dinger,” he bantered.

    Rim o' the World|B. M. Bower

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

    Sube Cane|Edward Bellamy Partridge

  • She'll ne'er backward linger, this land of our dads, for she is a dinger at nailing the scads.

    Rippling Rhymes|Walt Mason

British Dictionary definitions for dinger

dinger
/ (ˈdɪŋə) /

noun

US an informal word for home run
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