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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

Example Sentences

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Hij werd bij toeval ontdekt toen de kotter in de buurt van de Cobalt-bank ging vissen.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2022

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

The technology of bug ging was still in its infancy, but David Sarnoff, then president of RCA, donated to Roosevelt an experimental device similar to machines used in making sound films.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ich ging im Walde So fuer mich hin, Und nichts zu suchen Das war mein Sinn."

From Bill's School and Mine A Collection of Essays on Education by Franklin, William Suddards