different between dinge vs binge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Etymology 1

From dingy.

Noun

dinge (plural dinges)

1. Dinginess.
2. (US slang, dated) A black person.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010 p. 3:

     ‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’

   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 46:

     ‘You made a hit with the dinge,’ Bob was saying.

Derived terms

• dinge queen

Etymology 2

From Middle English dengen, from Old English den?an, den??an, from Proto-Germanic *dangijan? (“to beat, hit”).

Verb

dinge (third-person singular simple present dinges, present participle dingeing, simple past and past participle dinged)

1. to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
2. to flog, as in penance

Derived terms

• dinged-up

Anagrams

• Edgin, deign, digne, gnide, nidge

Afrikaans

Noun

dinge

1. plural of ding

Dutch

Verb

dinge

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dingen

Irish

Noun

dinge f

1. genitive singular of ding (“wedge; thickset person”)

Noun

dinge f

1. genitive singular of ding (“dint”)

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire dialect, binge (“to soak”), of unknown origin. Compare dialectal English beene and beam (“to cure leakage in a tub or barrel by soaking, thereby causing the wood to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

binge (plural binges)

1. A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.
2. (by extension) A short period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show.

Synonyms

• (period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol): bender, jag, spree, toot, debauch

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

binge (third-person singular simple present binges, present participle binging or bingeing, simple past and past participle binged)

1. To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.

Derived terms

• binge and purge

Translations

References

• Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary?^[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 269

See also

• binge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bengi, begin, being, beïng

Swedish

Noun

binge c

1. (partitioned off) storage area, container
2. (slang) bed
3. pile (of goods, usually grains)

Declension