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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Volpe now has four hits this season; each one has been a dinger.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
Just tell him to give up pitching and go hit dingers already.
—Keith Law, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
With the sale, Freeman’s dinger is now the third-highest-grossing home-run ball to be auctioned.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Since the start of 2022, only Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Schwarber, Pete Alonso and Matt Olson have hit more dingers than Santader's 105.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
Just tell him to give up pitching and go hit dingers already.
—Keith Law, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
With the sale, Freeman’s dinger is now the third-highest-grossing home-run ball to be auctioned.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Since the start of 2022, only Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Schwarber, Pete Alonso and Matt Olson have hit more dingers than Santader's 105.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for dinger
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“Dinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinger. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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