dinger
noun
ding·er
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plural dingers
Definition of dinger
baseball, informal
: home run sense 1
Only the Royals, Astros and Cubs have given up more dingers than the Angels.— Stephen Cannella Ramirez had driven in 72 runs and had scored himself 49 times, while smacking 16 dingers …— David Sabino
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The Aberdeen IronBirds late inning magic came up a little short Thursday night, just some 24 hours after Andrew Fregia’s three-run dinger propelled the 'Birds to a come-from-behind win. — Randy Mcroberts, baltimoresun.com, "IronBirds edged in Tri-City, 4-3, snapping 5-game win streak," 16 Aug. 2019 Max Muncy and Justin Turner hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, setting a franchise-record for most back-to-back dingers in one season (14). — Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, "Dodgers set MLB home run record over five-game span," 14 Aug. 2019 Bogaerts, on a seven-game hitting streak, hit a pair of dingers last Thursday against the Yankees. — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, "Last week is distant memory as Tampa completes sweep at Fenway," 2 Aug. 2019 Santana fared better than Thome, hitting 13 dingers in the first round. — chicagotribune.com, "Mets’ Pete Alonso outduels fellow rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to win Home Run Derby," 8 July 2019 How to get the Padres to quit hitting dingers: Allow batters to come up with men on base. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: MLB’s power surge could lead one to some juicy speculation," 30 June 2019 The more than 4,430 dingers on average have traveled 400 feet. — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Astros hammer Mariners with homer barrage," 3 Aug. 2019 As commissioned independent reports from the historic 2017 season confirmed, and this year’s dinger numbers are proving once again, the balls are clearly more aerodynamic. — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "Newman: There’s no denying juiced baseballs are behind MLB’s historic home run surge," 9 July 2019 And dingers are going farther than ever, Sports Illustrated reports. — The Christian Science Monitor, "The rule of a higher law in Hong Kong," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dinger.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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