bong

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɒŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɔŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɑŋ/ Rhymes: -ɒŋ === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic. ==== Noun ==== bong (plural bongs) (slang) The clang of a large bell. (slang) Doorbell chimes. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (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) (slang) To pull a bell. (slang) To ring a doorbell. Make a bell-like sound === Etymology 2 === From Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”). First use in English appears c. 1971 in the publication Marijuana Review. ==== Noun ==== bong (plural bongs) A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis. Hypernyms: water pipe < pipe, paraphernalia Hyponyms: bucket bong, moof Coordinate terms: hookah; hash pipe, hashpipe An act of smoking one serving of drugs from a bong. A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing. Synonym: beer bong ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Verb ==== bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged) (transitive, informal) To smoke a bong. ===== See also ===== hookah hubbly bubbly narghile pipe shisha === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== bong (plural bongs) A very wide piton. === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== bong (plural bongs) Alternative spelling of bung (“purse”). === Etymology 5 === ==== Alternative forms ==== boong bung ==== Noun ==== bong (plural bongs) (ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal person. == Gilbertese == === Noun === bong (plural boong) Nighttime. Dark. A day of 24 hours. == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɔŋ] Rhymes: -bɔŋ Hyphenation: bong === Etymology 1 === From Hokkien 墓 (bōng, “grave; tomb”). Compare Khmer ម៉ុង (mong). ==== Noun ==== bong Chinese graveyard Synonym: kuburan cina (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 traditional circumcisor (person who carries out circumcision) Synonym: dukun sunat === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”). ==== Noun ==== bong vessel for smoking drug === Further reading === “bong”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Javanese == === Romanization === bong romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦁ == Kristang == === Etymology === From Portuguese bom === Adjective === bong 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) 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) a receipt from a totalizator === References === “bong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Palauan == === Pronunciation === === Noun === bong 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 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 (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 ==== kvitto kontrollmärke ==== Derived terms ==== bonga (“totalize order slips”, verb) nollbong (“handrwitten order slip”) travbong (“horse race betting slip”) === References === “bong”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bong”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] === Verb === bong • (蓬) to be peeled off, to be flaked off ==== Derived terms ==== == Zyphe == === Noun === bong thigh box === Verb === bong to help === References === Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎[1]