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^[1], 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/

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Verb

ging

1. first/third-person singular preterite of gehen

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɪɲ/

Noun

ging f (genitive singular ginge, nominative plural geanntracha)

1. Ulster form of ding (“wedge”)

Declension

Declension of ging

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ging geanntracha Vocative a ghing a gheanntracha Genitive ginge geanntracha Dative ging geanntracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghing na geanntracha Genitive na ginge na ngeanntracha Dative leis an nging don ghing leis na geanntracha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ging	ghing	nging
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43

Mandarin

Romanization

ging

1. Nonstandard spelling of gīng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ging

1. Alternative form of genge (“band”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ging

1. Alternative form of yong

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from Old English gān (like English go).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪŋ/

Verb

ging (third-person singular simple present gings, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)

1. Doric form of gang