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- noun slang : Prison
solitary confinement , a term used by inmates. - noun UK A
heap orpile , such as aslag heap . - noun The sound made by a
bell , anonomatopœia
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Examples
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June 15, 2009 at 10: 23 AM actually like the name ‘zune’, but yeah – bing is a little off as a name … but the service is pretty cool.
Bing Maps Birds Eye View Gives Different Perspective | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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If I understand the perspective in the picture correctly, the described jian bing is a not nearly so big as the one in the photo.
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I would agree that an email "bing" on MS mail is less intrusive than a phone ringing, in that it is easier to ignore the "bing" - except for one horrible device, the crackberry.
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Microsoft didn’t come up with the word bing, CNN has a columnist called Stanley Bing, there’s a singer called Bing Crosby etc.. reply
A Troll Squats On WWWBING.com — Literally MG Siegler 2005
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It sounds so tasty and as far as I'm concerned, anything called a bing has to be good.
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The so-called "bing" cells also require extra staffing because guards must escort these inmates everywhere.
NYDN Rss REUVEN BLAU 2011
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The word "bing" means sick, cold or pancake in Chinese, depending on the tone with which the word is pronounced.
Google Exit Would Open a Door for Microsoft Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010
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The word "bing" means sick, cold or pancake in Chinese, depending on the tone with which the word is pronounced.
Google Exit Would Open a Door for Microsoft Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010
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The word "bing" means sick, cold or pancake in Chinese, depending on the tone with which the word is pronounced.
Google Exit Would Open a Door for Microsoft Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010
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The word "bing" means sick, cold or pancake in Chinese, depending on the tone with which the word is pronounced.
Google Exit Would Open a Door for Microsoft Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010
yarb commented on the word bing
On the right a river meandered among fields and slag bings, then the city hid it though the course was marked by skeletal cranes marching to the left.
- Alasdair Gray, Lanark, ch. 8
January 19, 2009
MaryW commented on the word bing
Gob Pile, Coal Ash Chronicles (emphasis added)
March 15, 2016
jnj commented on the word bing
In South Shropshire the bing was a narrow passage in a cow-house in front of the mangers used for feeding the animals. It often had a continuous connection to a hayloft above.
January 20, 2021