bing
nounverbinterjectionnounverbattested in dialogue
- //bɪŋ//
Solitary confinement.
noun
- 1
slangSolitary confinement.
- 2
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
The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
- 4
A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.
Etymology
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.
verb
- 1
datedTo go; walk; come; run.
Etymology
Origin obscure. Compare Scots bin (“to move speedily with noise”).
interjection
- 1
The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.
- 2
The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck.
Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010, Jim Rankin 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.
Etymology
Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.
noun
- 1
The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.
- 2
The sound made by a bounce.
- 3
A bounce.
verb
- 1
To bounce.
Forms
- plural
- bings
- past tense
- binged
- past participle
- binged
- present participle
- binging
- third person singular
- bings