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ging

British  
/ ɡɪŋ /

noun

  1. slang a child's catapult

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ging

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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Hij werd bij toeval ontdekt toen de kotter in de buurt van de Cobalt-bank ging vissen.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2022

Perhaps the most famous of these aphorisms is also among the shortest, “Ein Kafig ging einen Vogel suchen” — “A cage went in search of a bird.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

Gister ging ik naar café de groene vlinder.

From The Verge • Dec. 7, 2017

The squeeze on spinners finally got so bad that Army & Navy orders went beg ging for bids.

From Time Magazine Archive

Den 2en Juli ging het op nieuw naar Batavia onder zeil en kwam den 23en Nov.

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