ging

See also: gīng and Ging

English

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪŋ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

ging (plural gings)

1. (obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy againſt me.

   • 1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 178:

     Proceeding further, I am met vvith a vvhole ging of vvords and phraſes not mine, for he hath maim'd them, and like a ſlye depraver mangl'd them in this his vvicked Limbo, vvorſe then the ghoſt of Deiphobus appear'd to his friend Æneas.

Etymology 2

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Noun

ging (plural gings)

1. (Australia) A ‘shanghai’, or handheld catapult. [from 20th c.]
   • 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 13:

     I put a stone in the ging and let fly.

Etymology 3

From ginger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Noun

ging (plural gings)

1. (informal) A redhead, a ginger-haired person

Anagrams

• GIGN

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

ging

1. singular past indicative of gaan

Garo

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɯŋ/

Noun

ging

1. nose, snot, mucus

Derived terms

• gingkol
• gingnabak
• gingriking
• gingsep
• gingsi
• gingsika
• gingti
• gingting

References

• Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan
• Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
• Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong

German

Alternative forms

• gieng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪŋ/, (archaic) /ɡiːŋ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

ging

1. first/third-person singular preterite of gehen