dinger

noun

ding·​er ˈdiŋ-ər How to pronounce dinger (audio)
plural dingers
baseball, informal
: home run sense 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 dingersDavid Sabino

Examples of dinger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the 2024 Home Run Derby final, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was just one dinger away from tying slugger Teoscar Hernández. Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 That gave Blackmon 800 career RBIs as well as 227 career homers, pulling him into a tie with Carlos Gonzalez for fifth in dingers in club history. Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024 Machado's dinger broke a tie atop the franchise leaderboard with first baseman and outfielder Nate Colbert, who was a Padre from 1969 through 1974. Andrew Keatts, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024 Friday-Sunday: Tigers vs. Orioles (3), Twins vs. Reds (3) The buzz: The O’s, tops in the wild-card race by 5½ games, bring a power-happy attack that’s No. 2 in homers (213) and averages 1.5 dingers per road game. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dinger 

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Word History

Etymology

perhaps from ding to strike + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dinger was in 1968

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Cite this Entry

“Dinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinger. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.

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