bingle n.1
1. a fight.
Sydney Morn. Herald 11 Dec. 7/1: ‘Bingle’ meaning either a battle or a brawl. | ||
Aus. Lang. | ||
(ref. to WWII) Lingo 66: Others still heard include [...] bingle [...] used in 1939–45 to mean a skirmish, a brawl or a drinking party. |
2. a collision, a crash.
Lowspeak 26: Bingle – a traffic accident. | ||
Lingo 66: Others still heard include [...] bingle, now meaning a slight car accident. | ||
Something Fishy (2006) 27: A couple of rookie cops en route to the bingle outside the Hilton. | ||
Pulp Ink [ebook] This chick comes in, had a bingle in her Beemer, put a big dent in the fender. | ‘Misirlou’ in
3. a telephone call, thus give someone a bingle, to call.
Up the Cross 39: Mick the Muso gave him a bingle on the blower. | (con. 1959)||
Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 58: First of all [...] he gave her a bingle on the number it had also cost him a brick or so to get from one of the commissionaires [ibid.] 64: First of all [...] he gave her a bingle on the number it had also cost him a brick or so to get from one of the commissionaires . |