Humdinger
//hʌmˈdɪŋ.ɚ// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional. informal
"Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger."
- 2 someone of remarkable excellence wordnet
Example
More examples"Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger."
Etymology
US origin, perhaps a blend of hummer (“something that moves fast”) + dinger (“something outstanding”). First attested in a newspaper article in the Daily Enterprise of June 4, 1883, at Livingston, Montana.
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