Bing

Quick meaning: Bing is a noun meaning (prison slang, with "the") Solitary confinement.

Meaning

(prison slang, with "the") Solitary confinement.

More Meanings

1. (British, chiefly Scotland) A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.
2. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.
3. (onomatopoeia) The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck.
4. The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.
5. (chiefly Scotland) The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
6. (dated slang or dialectal) To go; walk; come; run.
7. (chiefly Scotland) A slag heap, i.e. a man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry.

Example Sentences

Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010, Jim Rankin Bing! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times.

Word Forms

• bings
• binging
• binged

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