bing meaning (slang): definition, etymology and quotations

bing

nounalso spelled Bing

/bɪŋ/

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.

Slang, With definite article Solitary confinement.

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.

Scotland The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.

Scotland, UK A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.

Derived terms: pit bing

bing

verb

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

Dated, Dialectal, Slang To go; walk; come; run.

bing

intj

Etymology Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

Onomatopoeic The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.

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.

bing

noun

Etymology Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.

The sound made by a bounce.

A bounce.

Derived terms: bingle

Bing

verb

US, UK /bɪŋ/

Etymology Brand name.

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.2010, Stephen King, “Big Driver”, in Full Dark, No Stars, Scribner, →ISBN, page 191:
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.2011, Melinda Wells [pen name]: Linda Palmer, Pie à la Murder, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 113:

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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.2013, Alan Corey, “Career Test Drive”, in The Subversive Job Search: How to Overcome a Lousy Job, Sluggish Economy, and Useless Degree to Create a Six-Figure Career, Pompton Plains, N.J.: Career Press, →ISBN, page 75:
So here she sat, having Googled and Binged and called former associates to try to get a bead on the education climate today.2014, Lutishia Lovely, The Perfect Affair, New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 212:
He Googled, Binged, and Yahooed sharks, shark life, shark types, shark history, shark food, and anything else shark-related.2014, Ellen J. Prager, “Behind the Jungle Wall”, in The Shark Whisperer, Minneapolis, Minn.: Scarletta Junior Readers, →ISBN, page 12:
“I’ve Googled it, Binged it, and Asked Jeeves. They all say the same thing, but I’m not convinced.”2015, Sarah Weeks, Honey, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 53:

bing

verb

Etymology Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

To bounce.

Related terms: ping, ding, boing, bong, bang, bada bing bada boom, bing sutt, ing-bing, bing chilling

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