Bing

proper nounproper nounverbattested in dialogue

United States//bɪŋ//

A surname from Old English of Old English origin and unknown meaning.

proper noun

1
A surname from Old English of Old English origin and unknown meaning.
2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
3
A diminutive of the male given names Bingley or Bingham (see also Bing Crosby).

proper noun

1
A search engine introduced by Microsoft in 2009.

Etymology

Brand name.

verb

1
To search for (something) on the Internet using the Bing search engine.
Tess exited YouTube, Binged Richard Widmark, and found what she expected, given the power of that brief clip.
He must have Googled or Binged me and found out about one of Phil Logan’s early publicity stunts where he had me suited up like a Los Angeles Dodger so his photographer could take a picture of me holding a baseball bat.
I Googled the company (then Binged it just to be sure), searched their job listings online, and tried to remember what job I actually applied for that generated this response.
So here she sat, having Googled and Binged and called former associates to try to get a bead on the education climate today.

Forms

past tense: Binged
past participle: Binged
present participle: Binging
third person singular: Bings

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Bing · A surname from Old English of Old English origin and unknown meaning.

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