ging
See also: Ging
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English genge (“a troop, privy, company, retinue”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gangijaną (“to go”). More at gang.
Noun
ging (plural gings)
- (obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.
- Shakespeare
- There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me.
- Shakespeare
- (dated) A slingshot
Etymology 2
From ginger
Noun
ging (plural gings)
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Dutch
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Verb
ging
German
Alternative forms
- gieng (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Verb
ging
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular preterite of gehen.
- (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular preterite of gehen.
Middle English
Adjective
ging
- Alternative form of yong
References
- “yong (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 June 2018.
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