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See also: Bing, bìng, bīng, bǐng, biŋ, and B.Ing.

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English bing, binge, benge, from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”).

Compare also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.

Noun

bing (countable and uncountable, plural bings)

  1. (prison slang, with "the") Solitary confinement
  2. (chiefly Scotland) A slag heap, i.e. a man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry
  3. (chiefly Scotland) The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound
  4. (British, chiefly Scotland) A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Origin obscure. Compare Scots bin (“to move speedily with noise”).

Verb

bing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle binging, simple past and past participle binged)

  1. (dated slang or dialectal) To go; walk; come; run

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

Alternative forms

Interjection

bing

  1. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface
  2. (onomatopoeia) The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck
    • Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010, Jim Rankin
      Bing! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times.

Noun

bing (plural bings)

  1. The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.
  2. The sound made by a bounce.
  3. A bounce.

Verb

bing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle binging, simple past and past participle binged)

  1. To bounce.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010)

See also

Anagrams

Khumi Chin

Etymology

Akin to Burmese ဘိန်း (bhin:).

Pronunciation

Noun

bing

  1. opium

References

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 42

Mandarin

Romanization

bing

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bīng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of bíng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bǐng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of bìng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bing f (genitive singular bingey, plural bingaghyn)

  1. committee
  2. (law) jury
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”).

Adjective

bing

  1. tuneful, musical, sweet
  2. shrill
Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bing ving ming
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bing m (definite singular bingen, indefinite plural binger, definite plural bingene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by binge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bing m (definite singular bingen, indefinite plural bingar, definite plural bingane)

  1. alternative form of binge

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bingr; cf. Middle English bynge (“a bin, enclosure, pen”).

Cf also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.

Pronunciation

Noun

bing (plural bings)

  1. A man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry. Can also refer to the waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
  2. A heap or pile.
  3. A small hill, usually manmade.

Verb

bing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle bingin, simple past bingt, past participle bingt)

  1. To pile up; to create a bing.

Yagara

Noun

bing

  1. father

References

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *pliːŋᴬ (“aquatic leech”). Cognate with Thai ปลิง (bpling), Lao ປີງ (pīng), Lü ᦔᦲᧂ (ṗiing), Shan ပိင် (pǐng).

Noun

bing (Sawndip forms 𮔐 or ⿰虫乒, 1957–1982 spelling biŋ)

  1. aquatic leech

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 兵 (bīng).

Noun

bing (Sawndip form 㑂, 1957–1982 spelling biŋ)

  1. soldier; army
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