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dinger

/ding-er/US // ˈdɪŋ ər //UK // (ˈdɪŋə) //

丁格尔,丁丁,丁格,叮叮当当

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : humdinger.
    • : Baseball. home run.

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Examples

  • La Russa called the dinger a “big mistake,” said Mercedes was “clueless,” joked that he’d spank Mercedes if the athlete wasn’t so big and strong, and insisted such a disrespectful home run wouldn’t come off Mercedes’s bat again.

  • We tried to keep up with them, but that little plane is a hum-dinger for speed and it soon outstripped us.

  • "Why, she's a hum-dinger," returned Baptiste more curiously.

  • Ring-a-dinger, ring-a-dinger went the dinner bell all unheeded.

  • That night they took in a show which was a "hum dinger," and should have endured a life-time.

  • "I s'pose we could swing that dinger back and forth if we couldn't do nothin' else," Gizzard admitted resignedly.