dinger
1
9.6
A short phone call to someone
- noun
- /ˈdɪŋə/
- Slang
:
llamada
- I was surprised to receive a dinger from my friend just to check in.
Examples
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After missing my last call, I quickly returned the dinger from my mother.
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Hit my dinger and I hung 'em up.
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Whenever the dinger rang, it meant someone was calling.
Synonyms
call
vsdinger
∞
1.0
A time when someone phones another person
is the informal British word for that general action
phone call
vsdinger
∞
1.0
A time when you talk to someone by telephone
is an informal British term for that action
telephone call
vsdinger
57
1.0
A time when you speak with someone by phone
is an informal British word used instead of that neutral phrase
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dinger for a telephone call comes from ding + -er, like the 'ding' sound of an old phone bell, so a dinger is a quick ring or short call.