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Bing

//bɪŋ// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface onomatopoeic
  2. 2
    The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck onomatopoeic

    "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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English of Old English origin and unknown meaning.
  2. 2
    A search engine introduced by Microsoft in 2009. Internet
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 4
    A diminutive of the male given names Bingley or Bingham (see also Bing Crosby).
Noun
  1. 1
    Solitary confinement countable, slang, uncountable, with-definite-article
  2. 2
    The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.
  3. 3
    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 Scotland, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The sound made by a bounce.
  5. 5
    The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound Scotland, countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A bounce.
  2. 7
    A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore British, Scotland, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To go; walk; come; run dated, dialectal, slang
  2. 2
    To bounce.
  3. 3
    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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

Etymology 5

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

Etymology 6

Brand name.

Etymology 7

Brand name.

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