bingle
Noun
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Noun
bingle (plural bingles)
- (Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
- 2006, Lee Battersby, A Stone to Mark My Passing, Through Soft Air, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lFHZOozNgCwC&pg=PA138&dq=%22a+bingle%22|%22bingles%22+car+OR+vehicle+-intitle:%22bingle%22+-inauthor:%22bingle%22&hl=en&ei=FGHoTpT1CuidiAfv7-z4CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22a%20bingle%22|%22bingles%22%20car%20OR%20vehicle%20-intitle%3A%22bingle%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bingle%22&f=false page 138],
- "I, uh . . . " I managed, "I seem to have had a bit of a bingle." I pointed a thumb behind me at the car.
- ‘No. Had a bingle in it the other night, nothing major. I just hope to hell it′s fixed before he finds out. […] ’
- 2006, Lee Battersby, A Stone to Mark My Passing, Through Soft Air, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lFHZOozNgCwC&pg=PA138&dq=%22a+bingle%22|%22bingles%22+car+OR+vehicle+-intitle:%22bingle%22+-inauthor:%22bingle%22&hl=en&ei=FGHoTpT1CuidiAfv7-z4CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22a%20bingle%22|%22bingles%22%20car%20OR%20vehicle%20-intitle%3A%22bingle%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bingle%22&f=false page 138],
- collision, crash, fender-bender (US), prang (UK)
bingle (plural bingles)
Nounbingle (plural bingles)
- (baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.
bingle (bingles, present participle bingling; past and past participle bingled)
- (baseball, slang) To achieve a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.
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