bing1
[bing]
- a heap or pile.
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Origin of bing1
1275–1325; Middle English < Old Norse bingr bunk, bin
bing2
[bing]
- to go.
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Origin of bing2
First recorded in 1560–70; origin uncertain
Bing1
[bing]
- Sir Rudolf,1902–97, English opera impresario born in Austria; in the U.S. 1949–97.
- a male given name.
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Bing2
[bing]
- a variety of dark red or blackish sweet cherry.
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Origin of Bing2
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Also called Bing cherry.
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Examples from the Web for bing
Contemporary Examples
I remember my sister being mindblown that Bing Crosby and David Bowie were singing “The Little Drummer Boy” together.
The stars kept coming: Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon.
Die Hard ends with John McClane reunited with his wife in the back of a limo while Bing Crosby sings “Let It Snow.”
Seriously, ‘Die Hard’ Was a Novel Before It Was a Movie and a Good OneMalcolm Jones
December 22, 2013
The “Bing It On” challenge gave Bing the attention it was seeking.
Recently, Twitter unveiled a translation tool that uses Bing and splashes a “Bing translator” label.
Historical Examples
Together, more or less, ever since Winchester, and now—bing!
Jill the RecklessP. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
All you had to do, he reflected, was to think yourself somewhere else, and—bing!
Out Like a LightGordon Randall Garrett
He passed from the sidewalk into his own yard, with a subdued "Bing!"
If the truth were known about Bing he wouldn't be holding his head so high.
The Prodigal VillageIrving Bacheller
Mrs. Bing leaned toward him and whispered: "She adores him!"
The Prodigal VillageIrving Bacheller
bing
- dialect a heap or pile, esp of spoil from a mine
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Word Origin
C16: from Old Norse bingr heap
Bing
- a popular search engine on the internet
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- to search for (something on the internet) using Bing
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Word Origin and History for bing
n.
"heap or pile," 1510s, from Old Norse bingr "heap." Also used from early 14c. as a word for bin, perhaps from notion of "place where things are piled."
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