humdinger

noun

ˈhəm-ˈdiŋ-ər How to pronounce humdinger (audio)
Definition of humdingernext
as in dream
something very good of its kind the concert concluded with a humdinger of a fireworks display

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Recent Examples of humdinger The latest private-members country club to have opened in Oxfordshire, wrapped in a Jacobethan hall with parkland, is a humdinger with an instant cachet. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026 For the anti-capitalist cognoscenti, McKenzie’s press tour for Everyone Is Lying to You for Money has been a real humdinger. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026 The resolute tango between the personal and the practical is a hallmark of a cookbook humdinger. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 5 Mar. 2026 But this $12-a-year deal is a humdinger from Black Friday that's still active. — Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 16 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for humdinger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humdinger
  1. dream
  2. beauty
  3. doozy
  4. corker
  5. wonder
  6. marvel
  7. phenomenon
  8. beaut
Noun
  • In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In his dreams, Jose Fiscal Belli is still living an all-American life with his all-American family.
    — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of dream
Noun
  • Avantika Vandanapu took a chance and won 40% off a box, while her guest ended up winning an entire beauty box for themselves.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The firming, plumping cream is a favorite at Vogue HQ—beauty shopping editor Kiana Murden has been raving about this oil-in-gel.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of beauty
Noun
  • Today, our constructor has reached into his evidently limitless bag of tricks to pull out a doozy of a Thursday grid.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • What is clear is that the next few weeks until Election Day are going to be a doozy.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of doozy
Noun
  • Of course all the business between Patricia and the Boogeyman is just an excuse for Widow’s Bay to stage a corker of a send-up of 1978’s Halloween and slasher movies of its ilk.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 June 2026
  • The breakfast buffet is supremely surreal A big part of every season of The White Lotus is the breakfast buffet, and the Martinez’s daily extravaganza is a corker.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of corker
Noun
  • Much like her character Klara, Ortega chooses to have faith in humans and their spontaneous wonder.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Karant experienced the same wonder of the space, even once it had been hollowed out.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of wonder
Noun
  • Today, Astana’s skyline can keep up with the best of them, with 21st-century architectural marvels made from concrete, steel, and glass cresting over the country’s endless steppes into the horizon.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
  • And then there is Turin, Italy’s first capital and a Baroque marvel with the Alps to its west and north.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of marvel
Noun
  • This phenomenon is called the collapse of the wave function, and the resulting physical picture is known as the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Scientists have long known about Kelvin waves, but this year, the phenomena grabbed the public's attention with video explanations receiving thousands of views across TikTok and X.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of phenomenon
Noun
  • In our opinion, this beaut will play nice with all sorts of denim, contrasting cashmere layers, and your comfiest sweatsuit for model-off-duty moments.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Marty Brown 5-yard run after two beauts from Darian Mensah to Malachi Toney on an eight-play, 89-yard drive.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of beaut

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