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- [huhm-ding-er]
- /ˈhʌmˈdɪŋ ər/
- /ˌhʌmˈdɪŋ.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhm-ding-er]
- /ˈhʌmˈdɪŋ ər/
Definitions of humdinger word
- noun humdinger a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect. 1
- noun humdinger A remarkable or outstanding person or thing of its kind. 1
- noun humdinger amazing example of sth 1
- countable noun humdinger If you describe someone or something as a humdinger, you mean that they are very impressive, exciting, or enjoyable. 0
- noun humdinger something unusually large 0
- noun humdinger an excellent person or thing 0
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Origin of humdinger
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; hum + ding1 + -er1
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Parts of speech for Humdinger
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
humdinger popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
humdinger usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for humdinger
noun humdinger
- whopper — WarGames
- hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- ace — An ace is a playing card with a single symbol on it. In most card games, the ace of a particular suit has either the highest or the lowest value of the cards in that suit.
- beauty — Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
- knockout — Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
adjective humdinger
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- rioter — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- gasser — Herbert Spencer, 1888–1963, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
- funny — funnies. comic strips. Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.
Antonyms for humdinger
Top questions with humdinger
- what is a humdinger?
- what does humdinger mean?
- how to make a humdinger?
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- how to build a humdinger?
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