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?)
- (slang, Internet, derogatory) Clipping of Britbong.
Derived terms
[edit]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 Hokkien 墓 (bōng, “grave; tomb”). Compare Khmer ម៉ុង (mong).
Noun
[edit]bong
Etymology 2
[edit]From Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (bong, “person other than a doctor who performs a circumcision”). Doublet of orang and wong.
Noun
[edit]bong
- traditional circumcisor (person who carries out circumcision)
Etymology 3
[edit]From Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”), ultimately from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga).
Noun
[edit]bong
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[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”). Cognate with Swedish bong (“betting slip”).
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]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bon (“voucher, ticket, coupon”). First attested in the 1930s.[1]
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bong (“totalizator receipt”).
Noun
[edit]bong c
- (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.
- (gambling) A betting slip, a betting ticket; a slip on which a wager is recorded.
- Synonyms: insatskvitto, spelkvitto, spelkupong, talong, vadkvitto
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bonga (“totalize order slips”, verb)
- nollbong (“handrwitten order slip”)
- travbong (“horse race betting slip”)
References
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) 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
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- sv:Betting
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- zom:Even-toed ungulates