bing

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

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɪŋ/, [biŋ]
  • 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”).

Noun

bing (plural bings)

  1. (slang) Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
  2. (Britain) A heap or pile, such as a slag heap.

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 of a bouncing sound.

Alternative forms

Interjection

bing

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

Noun

bing (plural bings)

  1. The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia
    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.
    • Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010, Jim Rankin [1]
    Bing Bang Boing
    • Douglas Florian, 1994 [2]
    The Tao of Bada Bing
    • David Chase, 2003 [3]
  2. A 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. Making the sound of a bounce
  2. 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)
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=KtsSWKOWfnwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed 17 September 2010)
  3. http://books.google.com/books?id=R9FlujWxnDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1566492785 (accessed 17 September 2010)

Anagrams

Mandarin

Romanization

bing

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

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Noun

bing f (genitive singular bingagh or bingey, plural bingaghyn)

  1. committee
  2. (law) jury
Derived terms

Adjective

bing

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

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
bingvingming
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Alternative forms
  • byng

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪŋ/

Noun

bing (plural bings)

  1. A heap or pile.

Verb

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

  1. To pile up; to create a bing.
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