dinger

ding er |ˈdiNGər ˈdɪŋər | ▶noun informal a thing outstanding of its kind: by God, ain't that a dinger! • Baseball a home run: he beat the Braves twice with extra-inning dingers. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: shortening of humdinger .

dinger

dinger |ˈdɪŋə | ▶noun Baseball, informal a home run. • US informal, dated a thing outstanding of its kind: it was going to be a dinger of a night. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: shortening of humdinger .