# bing
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪŋ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋ

### 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.

#### Noun

bing (countable and uncountable, plural bings)
* (prison slang, with "the") Solitary confinement
* (chiefly 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
* (chiefly Scotland) The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound
* (British, chiefly Scotland) A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore

##### Derived terms

* pit bing

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

bing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle binging, simple past and past participle binged)
* (dated slang or dialectal) To go; walk; come; run

### Etymology 3

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

#### Alternative forms

* ping
* ding
* bong

#### Interjection

bing
* (onomatopoeia) The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface
* (onomatopoeia) 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

bing (plural bings)
* The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.
* The sound made by a bounce.
* A bounce.

##### Derived terms

* bingle

#### Verb

bing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle binging, simple past and past participle binged)
* To bounce.

#### See also

* ping
* ding
* boing
* bong
* bang
* bada bing bada boom
* bing sutt
* ing-bing

### References

* ↑ http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010)

### See also

* bing chilling

### Anagrams

* GBNI, Gbin

## Khumi Chin
### Etymology

Akin to Burmese ဘိန်း (bhin:).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bĩ˧/

### Noun

bing
* opium

### References

* K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 42

## Mandarin
### Romanization

bing
* Nonstandard spelling of bīng.
* Nonstandard spelling of bíng.
* Nonstandard spelling of bǐng.
* Nonstandard spelling of bìng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Manx
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bing f (genitive singular bingey, plural bingaghyn)
* committee
* (law) jury

##### Derived terms

* bingagh
* co-ving
* fo-ving

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”).

#### Adjective

bing
* tuneful, musical, sweet
* shrill

##### Derived terms

* kishtey bing (“dulcimer”)
* neuving
* ushag ving

### Mutation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

bing m (definite singular bingen, indefinite plural binger, definite plural bingene)
* form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by binge

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bing m (definite singular bingen, indefinite plural bingar, definite plural bingane)
* alternative form of binge

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* byng

### Etymology

From Old Norse bingr; cf. Middle English bynge (“a bin, enclosure, pen”).
Cf also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɪŋ/

### Noun

bing (plural bings)
* A man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry. Can also refer to the waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
* A heap or pile.
* A small hill, usually manmade.

### Verb

bing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle bingin, simple past bingt, past participle bingt)
* To pile up; to create a bing.

## Yagara
### Noun

bing
* father

### References

* State Library of Queensland, 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’: WEEK EIGHTEEN., 13 May 2019.

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /piŋ˨˦/
* Tone numbers: bing$^1$
* Hyphenation: bing

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *pliːŋᴬ (“aquatic leech”). Cognate with Thai ปลิง (bpling), Lao ປີງ (pīng), Lü ᦔᦲᧂ (ṗiing), Shan ပိင် (pǐng).

#### Noun

bing (Sawndip forms 𮔐 or ⿰虫乒, 1957–1982 spelling biŋ)
* aquatic leech

### Etymology 2

From Mandarin 兵 (bīng).

#### Noun

bing (Sawndip form 㑂, 1957–1982 spelling biŋ)
* soldier; army