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4-letter words (1 found)

BONG,

3-letter words (6 found)

BOG,BON,GOB,GON,NOB,NOG,

2-letter words (5 found)

BO,GO,NO,OB,ON,

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Definitions and meaning of bong

bong

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɒŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɔŋ/
    • (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /bɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

  1. (slang) The clang of a large bell.
  2. (slang) Doorbell chimes. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (Internet slang, derogatory) Clipping of Britbong
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

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

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)

  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.
  3. 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

Verb

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
  • hookah
  • hubbly bubbly
  • narghile
  • pipe
  • shisha

Etymology 3

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

  1. A very wide piton.

Etymology 4

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

  1. Alternative spelling of bung (purse).

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

  • boong
  • bung

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

  1. (ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal person.

Gilbertese

Noun

bong (plural boong)

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔŋ]
  • Rhymes: -bɔŋ
  • Hyphenation: bong

Etymology 1

From Hokkien (bōng, grave; tomb). Compare Khmer ម៉ុង (mong).

Noun

bong

  1. Chinese graveyard
    Synonym: kuburan cina
  2. (Aceh) familial graveyard

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bong

  1. traditional circumcisor (person who carries out circumcision)
    Synonym: dukun sunat

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga). Compare with Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, a marijuana pipe).

Noun

bong

  1. vessel for smoking drug

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.

Javanese

Romanization

bong

  1. romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦁ

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese bom

Adjective

bong

  1. good; well

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boŋ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bong.

Noun

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

  1. a bong for smoking
Derived terms
  • bøttebong
  • ølbong

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)

  1. a receipt from a totalizator

References

  • “bong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Palauan

Pronunciation

Noun

bong

  1. drainage ditch surrounding taro patch

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

Compare Dutch bang.

Adjective

bong

  1. fearful; afraid

Related terms

  • ääng

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bon (voucher, ticket, coupon). First attested in the 1930s.

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bong (totalizator receipt).

Noun

bong c

  1. (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.
  2. (gambling) A betting slip, a betting ticket; a slip on which a wager is recorded.
    Synonyms: insatskvitto, spelkvitto, spelkupong, talong, vadkvitto

Synonyms

  • kvitto
  • kontrollmärke

Derived terms

  • bonga (totalize order slips, verb)
  • nollbong (handrwitten order slip)
  • travbong (horse race betting slip)

References

  • bong in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • bong in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

bong

  1. to be peeled off, to be flaked off

Derived terms

Zou

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bong

  1. cow

Derived terms

References

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

Zyphe

Noun

bong

  1. thigh
  2. box

Verb

bong

  1. to help

References

  • Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎[1]

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