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bingle

1 American  
[bing-guhl] / ˈbɪŋ gəl /

noun

Baseball Slang.

  1. base hit.

bingle 2 American  
[bing-guhl] / ˈbɪŋ gəl /

noun

Australian Informal.

  1. a collision, especially an automobile accident.

bingle British  
/ ˈbɪŋɡəl /

noun

  1. old-fashioned a minor crash or upset, as in a car or on a surfboard

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Etymology

Origin of bingle1

1900–05, perhaps b(at) 1 + (s)ingle

Origin of bingle2

Perhaps expressive alteration of bang 1; -le

Example Sentences

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He played the sun-field like a master, You never saw a fielder faster, And oh, how he could bingle!

From Right off the Bat Baseball Ballads by Kirk, William F.

You don't remember nothing, all on account of that bingle you got on the head.

From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton)

"If that bingle was an accident, don't we wish we had a few more players who could shut their eyes and meet Frazer's terrible speed balls and curves in the same way!" one fellow exclaimed.

From The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics by Langworthy, John Luther

"I," said O'Hara, "am goin' as a bingle."

From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

I'd love to see the Bing Boys bingle, To go to music-halls incog.,

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 by Various

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