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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The dingers marked Judge’s 11th of the season and Rice’s 10th.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 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
By hooking a solo shot around the Pesky Pole, the lefty swinger finally hit his first dinger of the year off Boston southpaw Payton Tolle.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
For most of its short modern existence, AI has been seen as an enemy of actors — a dinger of their craft if not swiper of their jobs — as synthetic media is prompted instead of performed.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 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
By hooking a solo shot around the Pesky Pole, the lefty swinger finally hit his first dinger of the year off Boston southpaw Payton Tolle.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
For most of its short modern existence, AI has been seen as an enemy of actors — a dinger of their craft if not swiper of their jobs — as synthetic media is prompted instead of performed.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Dinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinger. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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