"Bing" meaning in English

See Bing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /bɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: bĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bing
  1. A surname from Old English of Old English origin and unknown meaning.
    Sense id: en-Bing-en-name-vZYKzFzo Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 17 26 12 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 16 30 8 34
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    Sense id: en-Bing-en-name-Vj3AlNl- Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 17 26 12 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 16 30 8 34
  3. A diminutive of the male given names Bingley or Bingham (see also Bing Crosby). Derived forms: Bing-Neel syndrome, Taussig-Bing syndrome
    Sense id: en-Bing-en-name-0Iz2WoVZ Categories (other): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 17 26 12 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 16 30 8 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /bɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: bĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Etymology: Brand name. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bing
  1. (Internet) A search engine introduced by Microsoft in 2009. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-Bing-en-name-uDRqSfqp Categories (other): Internet, Pages with 2 entries, Microsoft Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 17 26 12 28 Disambiguation of Microsoft: 10 9 7 67 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Bings [present, singular, third-person], Binging [participle, present], Binged [participle, past], Binged [past]
enPR: bĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Etymology: Brand name. Head templates: {{en-verb}} Bing (third-person singular simple present Bings, present participle Binging, simple past and past participle Binged)
  1. To search for (something) on the Internet using the Bing search engine.
    Sense id: en-Bing-en-verb-BoO5fXhA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 11 22 14 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 17 26 12 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 16 30 8 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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