humdinger
Pronunciation: /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/
The English word “humdinger” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.
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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