bing

Meanings

1. Solitary confinement.
2. 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.
3. The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
4. A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.

1. To go; walk; come; run.

1. The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.
2. The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck.

1. The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.
2. The sound made by a bounce.
3. A bounce.

1. To bounce.

1. A surname from Old English of Old English origin and unknown meaning.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A diminutive of the male given names Bingley or Bingham (see also Bing Crosby).

1. A search engine introduced by Microsoft in 2009.

1. To search for (something) on the Internet using the Bing search engine.

Etymology

From Middle English bing, binge, benge (also as Middle English byngger, bengere (“grain bin, hopper”)), from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.