bing

• IPA^(key): /bɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

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.

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

• pit bing

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

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

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

• ping
• ding
• bong

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 [1]

     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.

bing (plural bings)

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

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

1. To bounce.

• ping
• ding
• boing
• bong
• bang
• bada bing bada boom
• bing sutt
• ing-bing

• bing chilling

• GBNI, Gbin

Akin to Burmese ဘိန်း (bhin:).

• IPA^(key): /bĩ˧/

bing

1. opium

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

bing

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

• 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.

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bing f (genitive singular bingey, plural bingaghyn)

1. committee
2. (law) jury

• bingagh
• co-ving
• fo-ving

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

bing

1. tuneful, musical, sweet
2. shrill

• kishtey bing (“dulcimer”)
• neuving
• ushag ving

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

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by binge

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

1. alternative form of binge

• byng

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪŋ/

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.

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

1. To pile up; to create a bing.

bing

1. father

• State Library of Queensland, 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’: WEEK EIGHTEEN., 13 May 2019.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /piŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: bing¹
• Hyphenation: bing

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

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

1. aquatic leech

From Mandarin 兵 (bīng).

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

1. soldier; army