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Dinger

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    A bell or chime.

    "Sharon patted the dinger to call for service."

  2. 2
    The suspended clapper of a bell.
  3. 3
    One who rings a bell.
  4. 4
    A home run.

    "The starting pitcher gave up three dingers."

  5. 5
    The penis. Canada, US, slang

    ""He had a red wool sock on his dinger. That's all.""

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  1. 6
    Something outstanding or exceptional, a humdinger. US, slang

    "‘Say, does that sock in the jaw hurt any more? It was a dinger.’"

  2. 7
    A condom. Australia, slang
  3. 8
    The buttocks, the anus. Australia, slang

    "Let′s leave them to sit on their dingers for a while."

  4. 9
    A catapult, a shanghai. Australia, slang

    "We made our 'dingers' (as we called them) out of truck tyre inner tubes that were heavy-duty rubber that could shoot a stone a very long distance."

  5. 10
    An unregistered car. Multicultural-London-English, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ding + -er.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Dinger.

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