name
Meaning 1
A county of Liberia. Capital: Gbarnga.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bong
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /bɒŋ/
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General-American: /bɔŋ/
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cot-caught-merger: /bɑŋ/
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rhymes with -ɒŋ
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The clang of a large bell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- The sound of a bong echoed across the courtyard, signaling the hour.
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noun
Meaning 3
Doorbell chimes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 4
Clipping of Britbong
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, derogatory
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noun
Meaning 5
A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: water pipe, pipe, paraphernalia
noun
Meaning 6
An act of smoking one serving of drugs from a bong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: beer bong
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noun
Meaning 8
A very wide piton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
Alternative spelling of bung (“purse”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 10
An Australian Aboriginal person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, slur
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noun
Meaning 11
A Bengali (from West Bengal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, offensive, sometimes
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verb
Meaning 12
To pull a bell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 13
To ring a doorbell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 14
Make a bell-like sound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The church bell began to bong at noon, marking the start of the ceremony.
- He accidentally hit the old pot, making it bong loudly against the table.
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verb
Meaning 15
To smoke a bong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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noun
Meaning 16
a dull resonant sound as of a bell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sound
verb
Meaning 17
ring loudly and deeply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the big bell bonged
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Broader terms: resound, echo, ring, reverberate
History
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
From Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”). First use in English appears c. 1971 in the publication Marijuana Review.
From Bengali বঙ্গ (boṅgo).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kumahdus — clang of a large bell
- Polish: dzyń — clang of a large bell
- Polish: bim-bam — clang of a large bell
- Russian: бом (bom) — clang of a large bell
- Russian: бум (bum) — clang of a large bell
- Czech: zvonek — doorbell chimes
- Finnish: kello — doorbell chimes
- Polish: dzwonki — doorbell chimes
- Russian: дзынь (dzynʹ) — doorbell chimes
- Russian: дзинь (dzinʹ) — doorbell chimes
- Russian: дзень (dzenʹ) — doorbell chimes
- Russian: динь (dinʹ) — doorbell chimes
- Chinese Mandarin: 大麻煙槍 /大麻烟枪 (dàmá yānqiāng) — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Esperanto: akvopipo — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Finnish: huumepiippu — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Finnish: bongi — vessel used in smoking various substances
- French: bang — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Indonesian: bong — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Lithuanian: bongas — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Polish: fajka wodna — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Russian: бонг (bong) — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Spanish: pipa — vessel used in smoking various substances
- Finnish: letku — device for rapidly consuming beer
- Polish: lejek z wężem — device for rapidly consuming beer
- Spanish: tuberia de barrilete — device for rapidly consuming beer