ging

See also: Ging

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪŋ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge (“a troop, privy, company, retinue”), 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.

Noun

ging (plural gings)

  1. (obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.
    • Shakespeare
      There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me.
  2. (dated) A slingshot

Etymology 2

From ginger

Noun

ging (plural gings)

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

ging

  1. singular past indicative of gaan

German

Alternative forms

  • gieng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɪŋ/
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Verb

ging

  1. First-person singular preterite of gehen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of gehen.
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