fing

fing (plural fings)

1. Pronunciation spelling of thing.
   • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     “Those rats deserve to die, disgustin’ little fings!”

Romanisation of 揈 (fing⁶, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”).

fing

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 揈 (fing⁶, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”)
   • 1989, 葛民輝, 馬氏家族血淚史:

     阿扁俾咗一支紅色一支黃色嘅旗仔俾老媽子，跟住就講嘞！：「我同佢你揀邊一個,如果你鐘意我嘅！你就對住我Fing呢枝紅色嘅旗仔，如果你揀佢呢！你就Fing黃色嘅旗仔啦！

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1991, “荷里活 [Hollywood]”, 呂明光 [Wan Kwong] (lyrics), 麥皓輪 [Mak Ho Lung] (music)‎^[1]:

     我標落去水一手拿住個波　FING上去水面佢捉住個波 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我标落去水一手拿住个波　FING上去水面佢捉住个波 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ biu¹ lok⁶ heoi³ seoi² jat¹ sau² naa⁴ zyu⁶ go³ bo¹, fang⁶ soeng⁵ heoi³ seoi² min^6-2 keoi⁵ zuk¹ zyu⁶ go³ bo¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• fieng (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋ/, (archaic) /fiːŋ/

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fing

1. first/third-person singular preterite of fangen

From Proto-Uralic *pᴕnɜ (“fart; let out a fart”) + -g.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiŋɡ]
• Rhymes: -iŋɡ

fing

1. (slang, vulgar) fart

   Synonyms: bélszél, fingás, szellentés

• fing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• fing in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Chinese 星 (MC seng).

fing 

1. star

Akin to Italian fingere, from Latin.

fing

1. to feign

fing

1. smart