GING

Etymology 1

Noun

ging (plural gings)

(obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.

(dated) A slingshot

Etymology 2

Noun

ging (plural gings)

(informal) A redhead, a ginger-haired person

Anagrams

• GIGN

Etymology

Clipped form of Ginger, itself sometimes a nickname for Virginia.

Proper noun

Ging

(hypocoristic) A diminutive of the female given names Ginger and Virginia.

Anagrams

• GIGN

Source: Wiktionary


Ging, n.

Definition: Same as Gang, n., 2. [Obs.] There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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