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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

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Example Sentences

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bing Bing

She had a familiar and beautiful face and she adored our shao bing finger sandwiches and pad Thai.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

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

After he moved to the West Coast in his 20s, Gaw started making dan bing for himself.

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

That Tory, who had been so brave—and foolish—as to follow the Sons of Liberty down a black alley was alone now—was sob bing, not from pain but from humiliation.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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

Other search engines like Bing, Brave and Duck Duck Go, through which the Claude chat logs also appeared, were approached for comment.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Bing Crosby graced the reopening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 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

My father was calculating minutes, estimating the temperature of the water, readjusting his estimate of when Bing fell.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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