bong

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bong"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /bɑŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

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

clang of a large bell

• Finnish: kumahdus (fi)
• Polish: dzyń (pl), bim-bam
• Russian: бом (ru) (bom), бум (ru) (bum)

doorbell chimes

• Czech: zvonek (cs) m
• Finnish: kello (fi)
• Polish: dzwonki m pl
• Russian: дзынь (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. (slang) To pull a bell.
2. (slang) To ring a doorbell.

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

2. A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.
3. 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.

4. 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

Derived terms

• beer bong
• bong hit
• bongcloud
• bongwater
• bucket bong
• gravity bong
• water bong
• waterfall bong

Translations

vessel used in smoking various substances

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大麻煙槍／大麻烟枪 (dàmá yānqiāng)

• Esperanto: akvopipo
• Finnish: huumepiippu, bongi (fi) (colloquial)
• French: bang (fr) m
• Lithuanian: bongas (lt) m
• Polish: fajka wodna f
• Russian: бонг (ru) m (bong)
• Spanish: pipa (es) f

device for rapidly consuming beer

• Finnish: letku (fi)
• Polish: lejek z wężem m
• Spanish: tuberia de barrilete f

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]
• Hyphenation: bong

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Noun

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

1. traditional circumcisor (person who carries out circumcision)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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

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 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”).

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

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

bong

1. to be peeled off, to be flaked off

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bong gân
• bong tróc

 

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

• bongsa

 

References

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