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gings

gings is the plural of ging.

Meaning of ging

Noun (1)

ging (plural gings)

  1. (obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.
    • There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy againſt me.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Noun (2)

ging (plural gings)

  1. (Australia) A ‘shanghai’, or handheld catapult.
    • I put a stone in the ging and let fly.1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 13

Noun (3)

ging (plural gings)

  1. (informal) A redhead, a ginger-haired person

See all 5 meanings of ging

Proper noun capitalized: Gings

Gings

  1. (plural) plural of Ging

Questions about gings

What is gings the plural of?
Gings is the plural of ging.
What part of speech is gings?
Gings is a proper noun.

Words near gings in the dictionary

  1. Gingoog
  2. Gingras
  3. Gingrich
  4. Gingriches
  5. Gingrichian
  6. gings
  7. gingseng
  8. gingumbob
  9. gingumbobs
  10. ginhouse
  11. ginhouses

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