English Explanatory Dictionary

humdinger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.

Pronunciation

/hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/ /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-humdinger.wav

Word forms

humdinger humdingers

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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