bing

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɪŋ/, [biŋ]

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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”).

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

Noun

bing (plural bings)

1. (slang) Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
2. (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.
3. (Britain) (mostly Scotland) A heap or pile.

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

• ping
• ding
• bong

Interjection

bing

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

Etymology 4

Noun

bing (plural bings)

1. The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia
   • 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.

   • Douglas Florian, 1994

     Bing Bang Boing

   • David Chase, 2003

     The Tao of Bada Bing

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

• ping
• ding
• boing
• bong
• bang
• bada bing bada boom

Anagrams

• GBNI, Gbin

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Khumi Chin

Etymology

Cognate to Burmese ဘိန်း (bhin:).

Noun

bing

1. opium

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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.

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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 bingagh or bingey, plural bingaghyn)

1. committee
2. (law) jury

Derived terms

• bingagh
• co-ving
• fo-ving

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

bing

1. tuneful, musical, sweet
2. shrill

Derived terms

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

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.

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Scots

Alternative forms

• byng

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪŋ/

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 present bings, present participle bingin, past bingt, past participle bingt)

1. To pile up; to create a bing.

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Yagara

Noun

bing

1. father

References

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

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Zhuang

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bing (old orthography biŋ)

1. aquatic leech

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 兵 (bīng).

Noun

bing (old orthography biŋ)

1. soldier; army