bong
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɒŋ/Category:English 1-syllable words#BONGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BONG
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɔŋ/Category:English 1-syllable words#BONGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BONG
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BONGAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒŋ#BONGCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒŋ/1 syllable#BONG
Etymology 1
OnomatopoeicCategory:English onomatopoeias#BONG.
Noun
bong (plural bongs)Category:English lemmas#BONGCategory:English nouns#BONGCategory:English countable nouns#BONGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- (slangCategory:English slang#BONG) The clang of a large bell.
- The sound of a bong echoed across the courtyard, signaling the hour.Category:English terms with usage examples#BONG
- 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, […]Category:English terms with quotations#BONG
- (slangCategory:English slang#BONG) Doorbell chimes. (Can we add an example for this sense?)Category:Requests for example sentences in English#BONG
- (Internet slangCategory:English internet slang#BONG, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#BONG) Clipping of BritbongCategory:English clippings#BONG
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)Category:English lemmas#BONGCategory:English verbs#BONGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- (slangCategory:English slang#BONG) To pull a bell.
- (slangCategory:English slang#BONG) To ring a doorbell.
- Make a bell-like sound
- The church bell began to bong at noon, marking the start of the ceremony.Category:English terms with usage examples#BONG
- He accidentally hit the old pot, making it bong loudly against the table.Category:English terms with usage examples#BONG
Etymology 2


From ThaiCategory:English terms derived from Thai#BONG บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”). First use in English appears c. 1971 in the publication Marijuana Review.
Noun
bong (plural bongs)Category:English lemmas#BONGCategory:English nouns#BONGCategory:English countable nouns#BONGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.
- Hypernyms: water pipe < pipe, paraphernaliaCategory:English links with manual fragments#BONG
- Hyponyms: bucket bong, moof
- Coordinate terms: hookah; hash pipe, hashpipe
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#BONG
- A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.
- Synonym: beer bong
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Verb
bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)Category:English lemmas#BONGCategory:English verbs#BONGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BONG, informalCategory:English informal terms#BONG) To smoke a bong.
See also
Etymology 3
Noun
bong (plural bongs)Category:English lemmas#BONGCategory:English nouns#BONGCategory:English countable nouns#BONGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- A very wide piton.
Etymology 4
Noun
bong (plural bongs)Category:English lemmas#BONGCategory:English nouns#BONGCategory:English countable nouns#BONGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- Alternative spelling of bung (“purse”).
Etymology 5
Alternative forms
Noun
bong (plural bongs)Category:English lemmas#BONGCategory:English nouns#BONGCategory:English countable nouns#BONGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- (ethnic slurCategory:English ethnic slurs#BONG) An Australian Aboriginal person.
Gilbertese
Noun
bong (plural boong)Category:Gilbertese lemmas#BONGCategory:Gilbertese nouns#BONGCategory:Gilbertese entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɔŋ]Category:Indonesian 1-syllable words#BONGCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#BONG
- Rhymes: -bɔŋCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/bɔŋ#BONG
- Hyphenation: bong
Etymology 1
From HokkienCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Hokkien#BONGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Hokkien#BONG 墓 (bōng, “grave; tomb”). Compare Khmer ម៉ុង (mong).
Noun
bongCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BONGCategory:Indonesian nouns#BONGCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- Chinese graveyard
- Synonym: kuburan cina
- (Aceh) familial graveyard
Etymology 2
From JavaneseCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese#BONGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Javanese#BONG ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (bong, “person other than a doctor who performs a circumcision”). Doublet of orang and wongCategory:Indonesian doublets#BONG.
Noun
bongCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BONGCategory:Indonesian nouns#BONGCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- traditional circumcisor (person who carries out circumcision)
- Synonym: dukun sunat
Etymology 3
Borrowed from ThaiCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Thai#BONGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Thai#BONG บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”).
Noun
bongCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BONGCategory:Indonesian nouns#BONGCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
Further reading
- “bong”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Javanese
Romanization
bongCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#BONCategory:Javanese romanizations#BONCategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#BONCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#BONCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦁ
Kristang
Etymology
From PortugueseCategory:Kristang terms inherited from Portuguese#BONGCategory:Kristang terms derived from Portuguese#BONG bom
Adjective
bongCategory:Kristang lemmas#BONGCategory:Kristang adjectives#BONGCategory:Kristang entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English#BONGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English#BONG bong.
Noun
bong m (definite singular bongen, indefinite plural bongar, definite plural bongane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#BONGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#BONGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- a bong for smoking
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from French#BONGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French#BONG bon (“good”). Cognate with Swedish bong (“betting slip”).
Noun
bong m (definite singular bongen, indefinite plural bongar, definite plural bongane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#BONGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#BONGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- a receipt from a totalizator
References
- “bong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Palauan
Pronunciation
Noun
bongCategory:Palauan lemmas#BONGCategory:Palauan nouns#BONGCategory:Palauan entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#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.
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
Adjective
bongCategory:Saterland Frisian lemmas#BONGCategory:Saterland Frisian adjectives#BONGCategory:Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from French#BONGCategory:Swedish terms derived from French#BONG bon (“voucher, ticket, coupon”). First attested in the 1930s.[1]
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bong (“totalizator receipt”).
Noun
bong cCategory:Swedish lemmas#BONGCategory:Swedish nouns#BONGCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
- (restaurant) A kitchen ticket, an order ticket; a slip where waiting staff notes guests' orders, used by the kitchen or bar to prepare items, and to totaling the check.
- (gamblingCategory:sv:Betting#BONG) A betting slip, a betting ticket; a slip on which a wager is recorded.
- Synonyms: insatskvitto, spelkvitto, spelkupong, talong, vadkvitto
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “bong”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “bong”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#BONG
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#BONG
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#BONGCategory:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#BONG
Verb
bong • (蓬Category:Vietnamese links with redundant wikilinks#BONGCategory:Vietnamese links with redundant alt parameters#BONG)Category:Vietnamese lemmas#BONGCategory:Vietnamese verbs#BONGCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
Derived terms
Zyphe
Noun
bongCategory:Zyphe lemmas#BONGCategory:Zyphe nouns#BONGCategory:Zyphe entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
Verb
bongCategory:Zyphe lemmas#BONGCategory:Zyphe verbs#BONGCategory:Zyphe entries with incorrect language header#BONGCategory:Pages with entries#BONGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BONG
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