Tingle vs Bingle - What's the difference?
tingle | bingle |
To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
To make ringing sounds, to twang.
*1851 ,
*:Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
* Charles Dickens
To ring
To cause to ring
* 1874 , , fit 2:
(Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
* 2005 , Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club ,
* 2006 , , A Stone to Mark My Passing'', ''Through Soft Air ,
* 2010 , Felicity Young, Take Out ,
As nouns the difference between tingle and bingle
is that tingle is a prickling or stinging sensation while bingle is a minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.As a verb tingle
is to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.tingle
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(tingl)- sharp tingling bells
Etymology 2
Verb
(tingl)- the Captain they trusted so well
- Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,
- And that was to tingle his bell.
Anagrams
*bingle
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)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.
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.
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.’