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bing.

Solitary confinement.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɪŋ/
  1. Solitary confinement.

    countable · slang · uncountable · with-definite-article
  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.

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

    Scotland · countable · uncountable
  4. A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.

    Scotland · UK · countable · uncountable
Where this word 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.

verb/bɪŋ/
  1. To go; walk; come; run.

    dated · dialectal · slang
Where this word comes from

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

intj/bɪŋ/
  1. The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.

    onomatopoeic
  2. The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck.

    onomatopoeic
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

noun/bɪŋ/
  1. The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.

  2. The sound made by a bounce.

  3. A bounce.

Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

verb/bɪŋ/
  1. To bounce.

Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeia, variously of a bouncing sound or a bell.

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