English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Onomatopoeic.

Noun edit

bong (plural bongs)

  1. (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, []
  2. (slang) Doorbell chimes. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations edit

Verb edit

bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)

  1. (slang) To pull a bell.
  2. (slang) To ring a doorbell.

Etymology 2 edit

 bong on Wikipedia
 
Bong [1]

From Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, a marijuana pipe). Ultimately from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga). First use in English appears c. 1971 in the publication Marijuana Review.

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Noun edit

bong (plural bongs)

  1. A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.
  2. 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.
  3. A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.
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Verb edit

bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)

  1. (transitive, informal) To smoke a bong.
See also edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

bong (plural bongs)

  1. A very wide piton.

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

bong (plural bongs)

  1. Alternative spelling of bung (purse)

Etymology 5 edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

bong (plural bongs)

  1. (ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal person.

Gilbertese edit

Noun edit

bong (plural boong)

  1. Nighttime.
  2. Dark.
  3. A day of 24 hours.

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔŋ]
  • Hyphenation: bong

Etymology 1 edit

From Min Nan (bōng, “grave, tomb”).

Noun edit

bong (first-person possessive bongku, second-person possessive bongmu, third-person possessive bongnya)

  1. Chinese graveyard.
  2. (Aceh) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) familial graveyard.

Etymology 2 edit

From Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (bong, person other than a doctor who performs a circumcision). Doublet of orang and wong.

Noun edit

bong (first-person possessive bongku, second-person possessive bongmu, third-person possessive bongnya)

  1. traditional circumcising person.

Etymology 3 edit

From Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, a marijuana pipe), ultimately from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga).

Noun edit

bong (first-person possessive bongku, second-person possessive bongmu, third-person possessive bongnya)

  1. vessel for smoking drug.

Further reading edit

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

bong

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦁ

Kristang edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bom

Adjective edit

bong

  1. good; well

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English bong.

Noun edit

bong m (definite singular bongen, indefinite plural bongar, definite plural bongane)

  1. a bong for smoking
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French bon (good).

Noun edit

bong m (definite singular bongen, indefinite plural bongar, definite plural bongane)

  1. a receipt from a totalizator

References edit

Palauan edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

bong

  1. drainage ditch surrounding taro patch

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

Compare Dutch bang.

Adjective edit

bong

  1. fearful; afraid

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Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bong

  1. to be peeled off, to be flaked off

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Zou edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *boŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brawŋ (yak).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bòŋ/
  • Hyphenation: bong

Noun edit

bong

  1. cow

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41