Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bingy

/ˈbɪŋ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bingy
IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.i/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more bingy (comparative) most bingy (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

sour

Questions

How do you pronounce bingy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪŋ.i/.
What does bingy mean?: Of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.
Where does bingy come from?: Compare dialectal bing (“of milk, etc: to curdle, to sour”) and perhaps bing (noun), used of various vessels for grain, wine, milk, etc.

How to pronounce bingy

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “bingy”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈbɪŋ.i/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “bingy”.
Repeat and practice — Say “bingy” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.