noun
Etymology
Origin of dinger
Example Sentences
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In the case of Giuseppe Mancuso, a dinger by Mookie Betts literally named his daughter.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
After hitting a national-record 140 high school homers in Japan, Rintaro Sasaki has his first stateside dinger!
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024
Wang said he wasn’t aware of this, and his moment of glory that Sunday — the team’s dreaded second dinger — turned into an automatic out that ended an inning.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2024
“When there’s a dinger, the entire stadium erupts.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2023
That night they took in a show which was a "hum dinger," and should have endured a life-time.
From Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope by Cumming, R. D. (Robert Dalziel)
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