English Explanatory Dictionary

ging

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A company; troop; a gang.
noun
  1. A ‘shanghai’, or handheld catapult.
noun
  1. A redhead, a ginger-haired person
name
  1. A diminutive of the female given names Ginger and Virginia.
name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ging.wav /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/

Word forms

ging gings

Etymology

From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge (“a troop, privy, company, retinue”), from Old Norse gengi, from Proto-Germanic *gangiją (“pace, walk”). Cognate with Middle Low German gink (“a going, turn, way”), Old Norse gengi (“accompaniment, entourage, help”), Icelandic gengi (“rate”). Related to Old English gengan (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gangijaną (“to go”). More at gang.

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