ging

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See also: gīng and Ging

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge (a troop, privy, company, retinue), from Old Norse gengi, from Proto-Germanic *gangiją (pace, walk). Cognate with Middle Low German gink (a going, turn, way), Old Norse gengi (accompaniment, entourage, help), Icelandic gengi (rate). Related to Old English gengan (to go), from Proto-Germanic *gangijaną (to go). More at gang.

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Noun

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ging (plural gings)

  1. (obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.

Etymology 2

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Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Noun

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ging (plural gings)

  1. (Australia) A ‘shanghai’, or handheld catapult. [from 20th c.]
    • 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 13:
      I put a stone in the ging and let fly.

Etymology 3

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From ginger.

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Noun

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ging (plural gings)

  1. (informal) A redhead, a ginger-haired person

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Verb

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ging

  1. singular past indicative of gaan

Garo

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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ging

  1. nose, snot, mucus

Derived terms

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References

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  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan
  • Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
  • Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong

German

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɪŋ/, (archaic) /ɡiːŋ/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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ging

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of gehen

Irish

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Noun

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ging f (genitive singular ginge, nominative plural geanntracha)

  1. Ulster form of ding (wedge)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ging ghing nging
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 109, page 43

Mandarin

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Romanization

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ging

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gīng.

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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ging

  1. Alternative form of genge (band)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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ging

  1. Alternative form of yong

Scots

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Etymology

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From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from Old English gān (like English go).

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Verb

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ging (third-person singular simple present gings, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)

  1. Doric Scots form of gang