dong
nounnounnounverbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɒŋ//
- United States//dɔŋ//
- //dɑŋ//
The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
noun
- 1
The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
- 2
historicalThe currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”).
noun
- 1
slangThe penis.
"That American girl was after you too, wasn't she?" "She didn't mean anything she said. She was just after your dong. But it's mine." "For sure, Mary."
Nevertheless, I was wholly incapable of keeping my paws from my dong once it started the climb up my belly.
Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis? Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
- 2
slangA dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
- 3
slangA fool.
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps suggested by dingus and other names for unnamable objects; perhaps suggesting of a sound of striking (perhaps the clapper of a bell; compare ding-dong); perhaps there is an element of donkey in it. First attested in the 1890s.
noun
- 1
A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
verb
- 1
To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
noun
- 1
A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.
Etymology
From Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”).
Forms
- plural
- dongs
- past tense
- donged
- past participle
- donged
- present participle
- donging
- third person singular
- dongs
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