bing

Quick metallic sound

Bing is a sharp, ringing sound—the noise a microwave makes when finished, or a bell when struck: The elevator arrived with a bing.

As a verb, to bing is to make this sound.

Bing is also Microsoft's search engine, launched in 2009 as a competitor to Google. (Capitalized Bing may be a given name or surname.)

sound

ping

Brief metallic tone

  • dingSmall surface imperfection
  • ringClosed curve shape
  • chimeMelodic bell sound

tone · alert · notification · beep · peal · ting · clink · jingle · resonance · reverberation

search-engine

query

Request for information

  • resultsWhat follows from effort
  • SEOImproving site discoverability
  • indexingSystematic organization for retrieval

crawler · SERP · ranking · algorithm · keywords · web search · maps · news · shopping · SafeSearch

cherry

dark red

Deep shade of scarlet

stone fruit

slang

hit

Successful contact or strike

high · rush · drugs · stimulant

Categories
Opposites
sound type

bingboom

Loud deep sound

thud · rumble · buzz · drone · hum

search engine competition

bingGoogle

Dominant web search provider

Google Search · DuckDuckGo · Yahoo

Phrases
Family

bin, binge, binging, binged, binges, bingeing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Everyday, not technical · Rated G