bong meaning (slang): definition, etymology and quotations

bong

nounalso spelled Bong

UK /bɒŋ/ · US /bɔŋ/

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

Slang The 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, […]1989, Malcolm Lynch, The kid from Angel Meadow, page 152:

Slang Doorbell chimes.

Internet, Abbreviation, Clipping, Derogatory Clipping of Britbong

verb

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

Slang To pull a bell.

Slang To ring a doorbell.

Make a bell-like sound

verb

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

Informal To smoke a bong.

noun

Etymology From Bengali বঙ্গ (boṅgo).

India, Offensive, Sometimes A Bengali (from West Bengal).

noun

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

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.

Harry had a bong after his swim and then sprawled on the couch watching music videos.2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, London: Atlantic Books, page 115:

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

Derived terms: beer bong, bongcloud, bongful, bong hit, bongwater, bucket bong, gravity bong, water bong, waterfall bong
Related terms: beer pong

noun

A very wide piton.

noun

Ethnic, Slur An Australian Aboriginal person.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for bong and Bong.