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Bingle vs Dingle - What's the difference?

bingle | dingle |

As nouns the difference between bingle and dingle

is that bingle is a minor collision, especially between motor vehicles while dingle is a small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.

As a proper noun Dingle is

a harbour town in County Kerry Ireland, and the peninsula on which it stands.

bingle

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
  • * 2005 , Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club , page 144,
    • It is always an advantage if you have a sexy car, but if you pick her up in a rusty Datsun 180B you may as well say goodnight.There is also the worst-case scenario of being involved in a bingle . If this happens you will definitely be finished and she will probably sneak off on you if she manages to escape injury.
  • * 2006 , , A Stone to Mark My Passing'', ''Through Soft Air , 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.
  • * 2010 , Felicity Young, Take Out , page 163,
    • ‘But you've still got your father?s car haven?t you?’
    ‘No. Had a bingle in it the other night, nothing major. I just hope to hell it?s fixed before he finds out.’
    Synonyms
    * collision, crash, fender-bender (US), prang (UK)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hairstyle for women that is somewhere between a bob and a shingle.

    • Etymology 3

    Possibly a blend of (bat) and (single) English blends

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.

    • dingle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
  • * 1954 , , Chapter 4
    • Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle , almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.

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