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bing

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

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English bing, binge, benge (also as Middle English byngger, bengere (“grain bin, hopper”)), from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”).

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

Noun

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bing (countable and uncountable, plural bings)

  1. (prison slang, with "the") Solitary confinement.
  2. (chiefly 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.
  3. (chiefly Scotland) The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
  4. (UK, chiefly Scotland) A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.
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Etymology 2

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Origin obscure. Compare Scots bin (“to move speedily with noise”).

Verb

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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

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Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

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Interjection

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bing

  1. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.
  2. (onomatopoeia) The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck.
    • Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010, Jim Rankin [1]
      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.

Noun

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bing (plural bings)

  1. The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.
  2. The sound made by a bounce.
  3. A bounce.
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Verb

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bing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle binging, simple past and past participle binged)

  1. To bounce.

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010)

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Anagrams

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Khumi Chin

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Etymology

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Akin to Burmese ဘိန်း (bhin:).

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Noun

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bing

  1. opium

References

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  • K. E. Herr (2011), The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, page 42

Mandarin

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Romanization

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bing

  1. nonstandard spelling of bīng
  2. nonstandard spelling of bíng
  3. nonstandard spelling of bǐng
  4. nonstandard spelling of bìng

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.

Manx

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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bing f (genitive singular bingey, plural bingaghyn)

  1. committee
  2. (law) jury
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Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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bing

  1. tuneful, musical, sweet
  2. shrill
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Mutation

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Mutation of bing
radical lenition eclipsis
bing ving ming

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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bing m (definite singular bingen, indefinite plural binger, definite plural bingene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by binge

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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bing m (definite singular bingen, indefinite plural bingar, definite plural bingane)

  1. alternative form of binge

Pumpokol

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *baŋ (“earth, land”).[1]

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Noun

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bing (plural unknown)

  1. earth, soil

References

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  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 107

Further reading

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  • Портфель Миллера in Russian state archives, folio 199.
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, page 197

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bingr; cf. Middle English bynge (“a bin, enclosure, pen”).

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

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Noun

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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

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bing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle bingin, simple past and past participle bingt)

  1. To pile up; to create a bing.

Yagara

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Noun

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bing

  1. father

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Zhuang

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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bing (Sawndip forms 𮔐 or ⿰虫乒, 1957–1982 spelling biŋ)

  1. aquatic leech

Etymology 2

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From Mandarin 兵 (bīng).

Noun

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bing (Sawndip form 㑂, 1957–1982 spelling biŋ)

  1. soldier; army
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