bing

Noun (1)

bing (countable and uncountable, plural bings)

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

Verb (1)

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

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

Interjection

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 (2)

bing (plural bings)

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

Verb (2)

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

1. To bounce.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Bing

Bing

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).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Bing

Bing

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

Verb (3) capitalized: Bing

Bing (third-person singular simple present Bings, present participle Binging, simple past and past participle 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.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