plural dingers
baseball, informal
: home run sense 1
Only the Royals, Astros and Cubs have given up more dingers than the Angels.—
Stephen Cannella
Stephen CannellaRamirez had driven in 72 runs and had scored himself 49 times, while smacking 16 dingers …—David Sabino
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Big Herman Long, all 5 feet and 8 inches of him, lead the way with six dingers.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
The freshman dingers record was previously 30, shared by Alo and another OU great, Lauren Chamberlain, as well as Hawaii’s Kelly Majam.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 3 May 2026
There are few things more thrilling than taking home a dinger from your favorite team's home game, but one man may have taken things a bit too far in his endeavors to bring back a souvenir from a Cleveland Guardians game earlier this week.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Jarren Duran, who many believed would be traded in the off-season to ease some of the outfield positional glut, who made a name for himself with a tremendous World Baseball Classic, is hitting .198 with just one dinger.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
The freshman dingers record was previously 30, shared by Alo and another OU great, Lauren Chamberlain, as well as Hawaii’s Kelly Majam.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 3 May 2026
There are few things more thrilling than taking home a dinger from your favorite team's home game, but one man may have taken things a bit too far in his endeavors to bring back a souvenir from a Cleveland Guardians game earlier this week.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Jarren Duran, who many believed would be traded in the off-season to ease some of the outfield positional glut, who made a name for himself with a tremendous World Baseball Classic, is hitting .198 with just one dinger.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Dinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinger. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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