bong
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bong"
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɒŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɑŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Etymology 1
Noun
bong (plural bongs)
- (slang) The clang of a large bell.
- 1989, Malcolm Lynch, The kid from Angel Meadow, page 152:
- An argument began as to whether the trap door would open on the first bong of eight or the eighth bong of eight. A man said he'd been told on the wireless that it was the first bong of Big Ben in London which told the time, […]
- (slang) Doorbell chimes. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (slang, Internet, derogatory) Clipping of Britbong.
Derived terms
Translations
clang of a large bell
Verb
bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)
Etymology 2
From Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”). Ultimately from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga). First use in English appears c. 1971 in the publication Marijuana Review.
Noun
bong (plural bongs)
- A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.
- An act of smoking one serving of drugs from a bong.
- 2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, London: Atlantic Books, page 115:
- Harry had a bong after his swim and then sprawled on the couch watching music videos.
- A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.
Synonyms
- (vessel for smoking): bucket bong, moof, water pipe
- (device for consuming beer): beer bong
Derived terms
Translations
vessel used in smoking various substances
Verb
bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)
- (transitive, informal) To smoke a bong.
See also
Etymology 3
Noun
bong (plural bongs)
- A very wide piton.
Etymology 4
Noun
bong (plural bongs)
- Alternative spelling of bung (“purse”)
Etymology 5
Alternative forms
Noun
bong (plural bongs)
Noun
bong (plural boong)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Hokkien 墓 (bōng, “grave; tomb”). Compare Khmer ម៉ុង (mong).
Noun
bong
Etymology 2
From Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (bong, “person other than a doctor who performs a circumcision”). Doublet of orang and wong.
Noun
bong
- traditional circumcisor (person who carries out circumcision)
Etymology 3
From Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”), ultimately from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga).
Noun
bong
Further reading
- “bong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Romanization
bong
- Romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦁ
Etymology
From Portuguese bom
Adjective
bong
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
bong m (definite singular bongen, indefinite plural bongar, definite plural bongane)
- a bong for smoking
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French bon (“good”). Cognate with Swedish bong (“betting slip”).
Noun
bong m (definite singular bongen, indefinite plural bongar, definite plural bongane)
- a receipt from a totalizator
References
- “bong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pronunciation
Noun
bong
References
- bong in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- bong in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- bong in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 27.
Etymology
Adjective
bong
Related terms
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