noun General Slang

dinger

DING-er · noun · mle

A car — often a stolen or burner one.

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Definitions

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A stolen or unregistered car, kept cheap and disposable — no tax, no insurance, no paper trail to you. Used for joyrides and for moving on jobs where you don't want your own plates clocked.

“They pulled up in a dinger and ghosted before the feds came.”
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Any old banger or cheap runaround. The drift away from the strict criminal sense — a dinger can now just mean a knackered car you wouldn't cry over.

“I'm not taking my motor, I'll bring the dinger.”
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Slang for a home run, one of the most common colloquial terms broadcasters use when a batter hits the ball out of the park.

“Judge crushed a dinger into the second deck to put the Yankees up by three.”
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dinger In A Sentence

They pulled up in a dinger and ghosted before the feds came.
I'm not taking my motor, I'll bring the dinger.

Origin & Usage

MLE / UK drill; the dual meaning has been argued in actual UK court cases where context decides whether 'dinger' implies criminality.

Variants dinga
Tags #mle#london#british#crime#cars

People Also Ask

What does 'dinger' mean in baseball?

A dinger is slang for a home run — a batted ball hit over the outfield fence for a score.

Where does the word 'dinger' come from?

It comes from 'ding,' evoking the ringing crack of the bat on the ball, and became popular in the modern TV broadcast era.

Is 'dinger' a common baseball term?

Yes, it's one of the most widely used colloquial words for a home run among broadcasters and fans.

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