bingle

[bing-guhl]

bin·gle

1[bing-guhl]
noun Baseball Slang.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; perhaps b(at)1 + (s)ingle

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Bingle is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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bin·gle

2[bing-guhl]
noun Australian Informal.
a collision, especially an automobile accident.

Origin:
perhaps expressive alteration of bang1; compare -le
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bingle (ˈbɪŋɡəl)
 
n
old-fashioned, informal (Austral) a minor crash or upset, as in a car or on a surfboard
 
[C20: of uncertain origin]

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