dinger

[ding-er] /ˈdɪŋ ər/
noun, Slang.
1.
humdinger.
2.
Baseball. home run.
Origin
1800-10; perhaps ding1 + -er1
Examples from the web for dinger
  • dinger's conviction stemmed from over billing her employer by submitting falsified and fraudulent invoices for services provided.
British Dictionary definitions for dinger

dinger

/ˈdɪŋə/
noun
1.
(US) an informal word for home run
Contemporary definitions for dinger
noun

humdinger; outstanding thing

noun

in baseball, a home run

Word Origin and History for dinger
n.

"something superlative," 1809, American English, agent noun from ding (v.).

Slang definitions & phrases for dinger

dinger

modifier

: He was in an 11-game dinger drought

noun
  1. humdinger: That was a dinger, chaplain (1809+)
  2. A home run: five hacks, five dingers/ The Brewers go into the afternoon with one dinger in more than two weeks (1970s+ Baseball)

[fr an early (by 1500) sense of ding, ''to surpass, excel'']