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”), related to 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. Cognate with Scots bing.

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

   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

   Bing Bang Boing

   • Douglas Florian, 1994

   The Tao of Bada Bing

   • David Chase, 2003

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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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

Noun

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

1. committee
2. (law) jury

Derived terms

• bingagh
• co-ving
• fo-ving

Etymology 2

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 English bing-r; cf. Middle English bynge (“a bin”).

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.