Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A dialectal variant of hang.
- n. An East Indian name for asafetida.
Examples
“The production of red meat requires a far greater input of energy then comes out of its consumption yet still I hear no bitc hing from the boys about this nor any effort to eat lower on the food chain ….”
“From all the bit*hing from the Republicans, this is the only way President-elect Obama will get anything done. —”
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“Ferula asafoetida, or in Hindi, hing, is a resinous spice that is used often in Indian bean cookery.”
“The important hing is that there is a person, a symbol, that represents the identity of the team and its supporters out there yelling, cartwheeling, bravely acting the fool to show you aren’t out just yet.”
“* 2 tablespoons asafetida powder (commonly called as 'hing' in Hindi) * 24 cups water”
“Sun Hung Kai 's board subsequently appointed Thomas and Raymond Kwok, along with their 81-year-old mother, Kwong Siu-hing, to head the company.”
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“Education among a labor shortage is a great hing, but an education in a surplus labor market simply lowers wages.”
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“The fact is Obama has to send in more troops as the trigger happy Bush and Cheney dropped the ball to go after Iraq and now the job must be completed, and even though we know who to blame Obama is man enough to take it all and do the right hing.”
“But I have dropped the Birtht hing and the Rev Wright crap.”
“Mr. Obama has called for establis hing an infrastructure bank that would promote public-private projects.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hing’.
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Thingmies
Words that get substituted for a word the person can't call to mind
sort-of, thingy, thingmy, whatsit, whosit, thingmajig, doodah, hing, hingy, whatchamacallit, hoojamaflip, hoosit and 2 more...
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spice
zest, clowe-gilofre, bespice, piquance, star anise, epice, eugenia aromaticum, macis, tanginess, pimenta dioica, fenugreek, Geri Halliwell and 34 more...
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Activated Phonemes
This list was generated by first taking a letter from the alphabet, or any of the initial cluster set of phonesthemes compiled by the ingenious Benjamin Shisler) and then sticking one of the suffix...
bing, ding, ging, jing, ling, ming, king, ping, ring, sing, ting, wing and 189 more...
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•Open List: What Are You Buying at th...
Me? Tomatoes.
tomatoes, hing, black walnuts, kim chi ingredients, bananas, shampoo, tomato and herb p..., notebooks, cheese and nothin...
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Curry Zone
Culinary terms from Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
korma, brinjal, vindaloo, chole, dal, pickle, aloo, biryani, hing, jeera, gram, masala and 63 more...
Tweets
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ravages Turns out I was wrong. Hing is indeed asafoetida.
The tamil word for it is Perungaayam. பெர�?ங�?காயம�? Dec 15, 2007
ravages Most puritans/religious fundamentalist consider asafoetida as evil. It stimulates the "tamasik" quality in men and that's a bad thing, apparently. Dec 15, 2007
ravages I'm not sure. I think it is ginger. The Tamil word for ginger is (H)Inji (இஞ�?சி/இந�?ஜி)
Let me check. Dec 15, 2007
bilby I'm told it is another name for asafoetida. Dec 15, 2007
ravages hing is also I, when I have a couple of screws loose
Or, is that unhing-ed? Dec 15, 2007
ravages hing is ginger Dec 15, 2007
bilby A spice, often used in Hare Krishna cooking as a substitute for onion or garlic which are considered 'un-bonafide' ingredients. Dec 15, 2007