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bong

nounverbnounverbnounnounnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//bɒŋ//
  • United States//bɔŋ//
  • //bɑŋ//

The clang of a large bell.

noun

  1. 1

    slangThe clang of a large bell.

    The sound of a bong echoed across the courtyard, signaling the hour.

    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. 2

    slangDoorbell chimes.

  3. 3

    Variant of BritbongClipping of Britbong

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

verb

  1. 1

    slangTo pull a bell.

  2. 2

    slangTo ring a doorbell.

  3. 3

    Make a bell-like sound

    The church bell began to bong at noon, marking the start of the ceremony.

    He accidentally hit the old pot, making it bong loudly against the table.

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    An act of smoking one serving of drugs from a bong.

    Harry had a bong after his swim and then sprawled on the couch watching music videos.

  3. 3

    A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.

Etymology

From Thai บ้อง (bɔ̂ng, “a marijuana pipe”). First use in English appears c. 1971 in the publication Marijuana Review.

verb

  1. 1

    informalTo smoke a bong.

noun

  1. 1

    A very wide piton.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of bungAlternative spelling of bung (“purse”).

noun

  1. 1

    An Australian Aboriginal person.

Forms

plural
bongs
past tense
bonged
past participle
bonged
present participle
bonging
third person singular
bongs
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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