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ging

British  
/ ɡɪŋ /

noun

  1. slang a child's catapult

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ging

of unknown origin

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Perhaps the most famous of these aphorisms is also among the shortest, “Ein Kafig ging einen Vogel suchen” — “A cage went in search of a bird.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2022

Gister ging ik naar café de groene vlinder.

From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2017

Presi dent Green is a plugger and only by plug ging can U. S. Labor be organized.

From Time Magazine Archive

The squeeze on spinners finally got so bad that Army & Navy orders went beg ging for bids.

From Time Magazine Archive

Find in the Glossary the meaning of: marveled; scorched; skillet; ridges; reinforcing; habitable; commission; stature; implement; stubble; share; cross-brace; judgment; tormentors; tolerable; unhoused; deposited; clog ging; evaporated.

From The Elson Readers, Book 5 by William H. Elson

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