bong

See also Bong, and Appendix:Variations of "bong"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɒŋ/, X-SAMPA: /bQN/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. A clang of a large bell.
2. Door bell chimes.

Translations

A clang of a large bell

• Finnish: kumahdus

• Russian: бом (ru) (bom) , бум (ru) (bum) 

Door bell chimes

• Russian: дзынь (ru) (dzynʹ) , дзинь (ru) (dzinʹ) , дзень (ru) (dzenʹ) , динь (ru) (dinʹ) 

Verb

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

1. to pull a bell.
2. to ring a doorbell.

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

From Thai บ้อง (baung, bông), a marijuana pipe.

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances; especially marijuana or pot.
2. 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, water pipe
• (device for consuming beer): beer bong

Derived terms

• beer bong
• bong hit
• bongwater
• bucket bong
• gravity bong

Translations

vessel used in smoking various substances

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大麻煙槍 (cmn), 大麻烟枪 (cmn) (dàmá yānqiāng)

• Finnish: huumepiippu, bongi (colloquial)
• French: bang (fr) m

• Lithuanian: bongas (lt) m
• Russian: бонг (ru) (bong) m 
• Spanish: pipa (es) f

device for rapidly consuming beer

• Spanish: tuberia de barrilete (es) f

See also

• hookah
• hubbly bubbly
• narghile
• pipe
• shisha

Etymology 3

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. A very wide piton.

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Gilbertese

Noun

bong (plural boong)

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

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Vietnamese

Verb

bong

1. To peel off.