dinger

noun ding·er \ ˈdiŋ-ər \

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of dinger

plural dingers

baseball, informal

: home run 1

Only the Royals, Astros and Cubs have given up more dingers than the Angels.
—Stephen Cannella

Ramirez had driven in 72 runs and had scored himself 49 times, while smacking 16 dingers …
—David Sabino

Recent Examples of dinger from the Web

Manny Machado keeps smashing dingers for a Baltimore Orioles team that’s already 17 1/2 games behind the first-place Yankees in the AL East.

— ted berg, For The Win, "7 teams that could realistically pull off a trade for Manny Machado," 23 May 2018
Big fly Moeller grad Brent Suter had a web gem against the Indians and his first major league dinger against none other than Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber of the Indians.

— scott springer, Cincinnati.com, "Springer: Outside of track and field, it's 'win or go home' time," 11 May 2018
Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge are the apex of baseball evolution, the point to which everything has led—massive dingers hit by gargantuan supermen, every ball off the bat a screamer at 110 mph.

— jon tayler, SI.com, "Yankees? Yes! Angels? Sure! Tigers? No! Ranking the Watchability of Every MLB Team This Season," 2 Apr. 2018
Rightfielder Tim Rowe lined an RBI double, Kessinger provided a run-scoring single, and the inning was punctuated by a three-run homer from leftfielder Thomas Dillard, his 10th dinger of the season.

— andrew lopez, NOLA.com, "LSU baseball drops series to Ole Miss; Paul Mainieri ejected in the 9th," 28 Apr. 2018
Owings has been mostly a bench presence with Arizona since arriving in 2013, but the utilityman has worked his way into everyday play with a .400 average to go with a dinger, six RBI, and a swipe.

— lawr michaels, USA TODAY, "Fantasy baseball sizzlers, fizzlers: Utilitymen move into prominent positions," 10 Apr. 2018
In just three seasons, from 2015 to ’17, batters hit 3,023 fewer ground balls and 1,196 more home runs, including a record 6,105 dingers last year.

— tom verducci, SI.com, "Countdown to Liftoff: How Joey Gallo and Josh Donaldson Embody Baseball's New Era," 21 Mar. 2018
On the softball side for Williamsburg, Carly Wagers blasted a pair of dingers Friday to break Ohio's all-time career home run record.

— scott springer, Cincinnati.com, "Moeller's Davenport reclassifies as Lakota East's Hamilton wins 500. Who's peaking?," 27 Apr. 2018
Designated hitter Daniel Cabrera belted a run-scoring double for the Tigers, and catcher Nick Coomes launched a three-run homer, his first dinger of the season.

— NOLA.com, "LSU baseball gets routed at South Carolina," 22 Apr. 2018

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