bing
pronunciation
How to pronounce bing in British English:
UK [bɪŋ]
How to pronounce bing in American English:
US [bɪŋ]
Word Origin
- bing (n.)
- "heap or pile," 1510s, from Old Norse bingr "heap." Also used from early 14c. as a word for bin, perhaps from notion of "place where things are piled."
Example
- 1. Detroit 's mayor , dave bing , now says the city will run out of cash in april 2012 .
- 2. Yet while mr bing has denounced the state 's actions , they may help him swing the deal he needs to save his city .
- 3. Sandy baruah , head of the detroit regional chamber of commerce , reckons mr bing 's proposals , while painful , are viable .
- 4. The mayor of detroit , dave bing , has seemed keen to negotiate a " consent agreement " between the city and the state .
- 5. But as mr bing , who is himself black ( though he grew up in washington , dc , rather than detroit ) puts it , the single most important thing is to get the economy moving again , so that tax revenues can recover and many other things become possible .