humdinger
UK/hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)//hʌmˈdɪŋ.ɚ/
humdinger noun: something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.
Noun
humdinger (plural humdingers)
- Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.
- Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger.
- “—immense. I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.” “Superman?” Clevinger cried. “Superman?” “Supraman,” Yossarian corrected.1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 22
humdinger meaning in Tamil
humdinger in Tamil
- குறிப்பிடத்தக்க சிறப்புடைய ஒன்று
Forms of humdinger
| plural | humdingers |
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Origin of humdinger
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.
Words that rhyme with humdinger
Questions about humdinger
- What does humdinger mean?
- Humdinger means something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.
- What is humdinger in Tamil?
- Humdinger in Tamil is குறிப்பிடத்தக்க சிறப்புடைய ஒன்று. See Humdinger meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is humdinger?
- Humdinger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce humdinger?
- Humdinger is pronounced /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of humdinger?
- The plural of humdinger is humdingers.
Words near humdinger in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: humdinger (page history and authors); humdinger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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