bingy

English

Etymology

Compare dialectal bing (“of milk, etc: to curdle, to sour”) and perhaps bing (noun), used of various vessels for grain, wine, milk, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪŋ.i/

Adjective

bingy (comparative more bingy, superlative most bingy)

1. (dialectal) Of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.

   Coordinate term: sour

   • 2005, The Iowa Review, volume 35, page 147:

     By now the milk is bingy; I turn sulky with no butter for my bread.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
• Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BINGY”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.