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Is ging a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ging is a Scrabble US word. The word ging is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word ging is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

GING,

3-letter words (4 found)

GIG,GIN,IGG,ING,

2-letter words (2 found)

GI,IN,

You can make 7 words from ging according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ging

ging igng gnig ngig ingg nigg gign iggn ggin ggin iggn gign gngi nggi ggni ggni nggi gngi ingg nigg igng ging ngig gnig

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Definitions and meaning of ging

ging

Etymology 1

From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge (a troop, privy, company, retinue), from Old Norse gengi, from Proto-Germanic *gangiją (pace, walk). Cognate with Middle Low German gink (a going, turn, way), Old Norse gengi (accompaniment, entourage, help), Icelandic gengi (rate). Related to Old English gengan (to go), from Proto-Germanic *gangijaną (to go). More at gang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

ging (plural gings)

  1. (obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.

Etymology 2

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Noun

ging (plural gings)

  1. (Australia) A ‘shanghai’, or handheld catapult. [from 20th c.]

Etymology 3

From ginger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Noun

ging (plural gings)

  1. (informal) A redhead, a ginger-haired person

Anagrams

  • GIGN

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

ging

  1. singular past indicative of gaan

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɯŋ/

Noun

ging

  1. nose, snot, mucus

Derived terms

  • gingkol
  • gingnabak
  • gingriking
  • gingsep
  • gingsi
  • gingsika
  • gingti
  • gingting

References

  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan
  • Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
  • Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong

German

Alternative forms

  • gieng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɪŋ/, (archaic) /ɡiːŋ/

Verb

ging

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of gehen

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟɪɲ/

Noun

ging f (genitive singular ginge, nominative plural geanntracha)

  1. Ulster form of ding (wedge)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43

Mandarin

Romanization

ging

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gīng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ging

  1. Alternative form of genge (band)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ging

  1. Alternative form of yong

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from Old English gān (like English go).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɪŋ/

Verb

ging (third-person singular simple present gings, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)

  1. Doric form of gang

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