🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

fuoricampo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fwo-ree-kam-po

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dinger/ˈdɪŋ.ɡər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha segnato un fuoricampo decisivo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A home run in baseball, especially one hit with great force.

    "He hit a massive dinger over the right-field wall to win the game."
  2. 2

    Something remarkable, exceptional, or of excellent quality.

    "That storm last night was a real dinger with all that thunder and lightning."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the slang suffix -er attached to 'ding', echoing the sound of a bell or impact. Originally used in the late 19th century to describe something remarkable or outstanding, it later gained prominent usage in North American baseball terminology to denote a home run.

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