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bing¹

  • /bɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

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 bings

  1. countable, slang, uncountable, with definite article Solitary confinement.
  2. Scotland, countable, uncountable 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. Scotland, countable, uncountable The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
  4. Scotland, UK, countable, uncountable A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.

bing²

  • /bɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

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

verb bings · binging · binged

  1. dated, dialectal, slang To go; walk; come; run.

bing³

  • /bɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

interjection ping · ding · bong

  1. onomatopoeic The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.
  2. onomatopoeic 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.

noun bings · ping · ding · bong

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

verb bings · binging · binged · ping · ding

  1. To bounce.

Bing⁴

  • /bɪŋ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

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 and Bingham (see also Bing Crosby).

Bing⁵

  • /bɪŋ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

Brand name.

proper noun

  1. Internet A search engine introduced by Microsoft in 2009.

verb Bings · Binging · Binged

  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: troops, bong, ping, tong, bam, ice, prem, fa, iceland, peng, neel, soldiers, taussig, clink, bingo, bollocking

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@misc{bing_2026,
  title = {bing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}