dingers

Over the fence

Dingers is plural of dinger, which has several informal meanings.

In baseball, a dinger is a home run: He hit three dingers in last night's game.

In Australian slang, dinger means condom.

The word can also refer to something outstanding or a small dent—a door ding on a car becomes a dinger.

baseball

home run

Full-circuit scoring hit

fastball · curveball · pitcher · outfield · batting average · line drive · pop fly · diamond · infield · bullpen

dents

ding

Small surface imperfection

  • dentShallow surface depression
  • scratchSuperficial wound or mark
  • nickShallow surface cut

bump · fender bender · door ding · parking lot · bodywork · panel · bumper · hood · paint · collision

Opposites
hit quality/distance in baseball

dingerssingles

Unattached individuals

bunts · infield hits · dribblers · squibs · bleeders

batting outcome success

dingersstrikeouts

Failed plate appearances

whiffs · punchouts · K's · outs · groundouts

Family

dinged, dinger

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G