bong
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɒŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɑŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
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?)
Translations edit
Verb edit
bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- (vessel for smoking): bucket bong, moof, water pipe
- (device for consuming beer): beer bong
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Verb edit
bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)
- (transitive, informal) To smoke a bong.
See also edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
bong (plural bongs)
- A very wide piton.
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
bong (plural bongs)
- Alternative spelling of bung (“purse”)
Etymology 5 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
bong (plural bongs)
Gilbertese edit
Noun edit
bong (plural boong)
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Min Nan 墓 (bōng, “grave, tomb”).
Noun edit
bong (first-person possessive bongku, second-person possessive bongmu, third-person possessive bongnya)
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)
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)
Further reading edit
- “bong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
bong
- Romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦁ
Kristang edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese bom
Adjective edit
bong
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bong m (definite singular bongen, indefinite plural bongar, definite plural bongane)
- 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)
- a receipt from a totalizator
References edit
- “bong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Palauan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bong
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
Adjective edit
bong
Related terms edit
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
Verb edit
bong
Derived terms edit
Zou edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *boŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brawŋ (“yak”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bong
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41