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  bing

  noun

  a heap or pile.
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  Bing

  noun

  Sir Rudolf, 1902–97, English opera impresario born in Austria; in the U.S. 1949–97.

bing

¹ American  

[bing] / bɪŋ /

noun

British Dialect.

1. a heap or pile.

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bing ² American  

[bing] / bɪŋ /

verb (used without object)

Obsolete.

1. to go.

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Bing ³ American  

[bing] / bɪŋ /

noun

1. Sir Rudolf, 1902–97, English opera impresario born in Austria; in the U.S. 1949–97.

2. a first name.

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Bing ⁴ American  

[bing] / bɪŋ /

noun

1. a variety of dark red or blackish sweet cherry.

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Bing ¹ British  

/ bɪŋ /

noun

1. a popular search engine on the internet

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verb

1. to search for (something on the internet) using Bing

bing ² British  

/ bɪŋ /

noun

1. dialect a heap or pile, esp of spoil from a mine

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Etymology

Origin of bing¹

1275–1325; Middle English < Old Norse bingr bunk, bin

Origin of bing²

First recorded in 1560–70; origin uncertain

Origin of Bing⁴

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

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bing Bing

Right now, as I’m doing this interview, I’m in the mood for the caramelized shallot da bing, cod with black garlic butter and red braised kabocha.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2024

If this were New York, that might be it: “fiat mayor,” bada boom, bada bing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

From around age 5 through his 20s, she’d make a batch of dan bing for breakfast.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022

I regret to say I too use bing as their default search, for the rewards money.

From The Verge ● Feb. 14, 2022

I hear chat­ter, muted sobbing, sniffling, someone moaning, someone else sighing, elevator doors opening with a bing, the operator paging someone in Urdu.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

When Microsoft started infusing its Bing search engine with AI, Google saw a threat to its core ad business and ordered as many AI chips as it could.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The European Parliament just switched its default search provider to a French service, called Qwant, to reduce reliance on American technology — but the search engine turns to Microsoft Bing for much of its results.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Before 1946 was out, it had been recorded again, this time by Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The estimates were based primarily on measurements from computers running Windows and Microsoft products such as Bing and Copilot.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

And I too saw Bing trudging wearily at the far end of the beach, his shoes hanging in his hand, his dark head bent over in exhaustion.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan