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ling

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) ling (noun)
  2. 2) ling (noun)
  3. -ling (noun suffix)
  4. -ling (adverb suffix)
  5. ling ko
  6. ding-a-ling (noun)
  7. sting and ling (adverb)
  8. ting-a-ling (noun)
  9. Nan Ling (geographical name)
  10. Soong Ai-ling (biographical name)
  11. Soong Ch'ing-ling (biographical name)
  12. Soong Mei-ling (biographical name)

1ling

noun \ˈliŋ\

Definition of LING

1
: any of various fishes (as a hake or burbot) of the cod family
2
: lingcod

Origin of LING

Middle English; akin to Dutch leng ling, Old English lang long
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with LING

bring, Ching, cling, ding, fling, king, Ming, ping, ring, sing, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, thing, wing, wring, zing

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