BING

Etymology 1

Noun

bing (plural bings)

(slang) Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.

(mostly 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. Can also refer to the waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.

(British) (mostly Scotland) A heap or pile.

Etymology 2

Verb

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

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

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeia of a bouncing sound.

Interjection

bing

(onomatopoeia) The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface

Etymology 4

Noun

bing (plural bings)

The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia

A sound made by a bounce

A bounce

Verb

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

Making the sound of a bounce

To bounce

Anagrams

• GBNI, Gbin

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bing

A surname of Old English origin and unknown meaning.

A male given name from surnames.

A diminutive of the male given names Bingley, Bingham (cf. also Bing Crosby).

Etymology 2

Brand name.

Proper noun

Bing

(Internet) A search engine introduced by Microsoft in 2009.

Anagrams

• GBNI, Gbin

Source: Wiktionary


Bing, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. bingr, Sw. binge, G. beige, beuge. Cf. Prov. E. bink bench, and bench coal the uppermost stratum of coal.]

Definition: A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood. "Potato bings." Burns. "A bing of corn." Surrey. [Obs. or Dial. Eng. & Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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