bingy

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/ˈbɪŋ.i/

adjective

Of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.

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Meanings

adjectivebingy (comparative more bingy, superlative most bingy)

comparative more bingy · superlative most bingy

  1. dialectalOf milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.

    By now the milk is bingy; I turn sulky with no butter for my bread.

    2005, The Iowa Review, volume 35, page 147

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ropy

Origin

Compare dialectal bing (“of milk, etc: to curdle, to sour”) and perhaps bing (noun), used of various vessels for grain, wine, milk, etc.

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APA

bingy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bingy

MLA

“bingy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bingy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bingy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bingy.

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