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bingy

/ˈbɪŋ.i/

bingy adjective: of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.

Adjective

bingy (comparative more bingy, superlative most bingy)

  1. (dialectal) Of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.
    • By now the milk is bingy; I turn sulky with no butter for my bread.2005, The Iowa Review, volume 35, page 147

Forms of bingy

comparativemore bingy
superlativemost bingy

Origin of bingy

Compare dialectal bing (“of milk, etc: to curdle, to sour”) and perhaps bing (noun), used of various vessels for grain, wine, milk, etc.

Questions about bingy

What does bingy mean?
Bingy means of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.
What part of speech is bingy?
Bingy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bingy?
Bingy is pronounced /ˈbɪŋ.i/.

Words near bingy in the dictionary

  1. bingpot
  2. bings
  3. bingsu
  4. bingsus
  5. bingtuan
  6. bingy
  7. Bingöl
  8. Binh Duong
  9. Binhai
  10. Binham
  11. Binhams

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