Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A deep ringing sound, as of a bell.
- v. To cause to sound with a deep ringing noise.
- v. To make a deep ringing noise.
- n. A water pipe that consists of a bottle or a vertical tube partially filled with liquid and a smaller tube ending in a bowl, used often in smoking narcotic substances.
Wiktionary
- n. A clang of a large bell.
- n. Door bell chimes.
- v. to pull a bell.
- v. to ring a doorbell.
- n. A very wide piton.
- n. A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances; especially marijuana or pot.
- n. A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a dull resonant sound as of a bell
- v. ring loudly and deeply
Etymologies
- Onomatopoeia (Wiktionary)
- Imitative.Thai baung. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Bella, as for you, I think youve been taking showers in bong water, listening to the beatles 24-7 (theyre later music, the earlier stuff was good) and putting crack in your coffee.”
Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists
“But when I plugged it back into the third extension cable, I heard a little bing-bong from the computer.”
“Was it just me or did anyone else see the word bong instead of bang on the last one?”
“Out on the sugar-white Florida panhandle sand, freckle-faced Patrick Mulligan, 20, does a handstand while his friends from the University of Massachusetts funnel -- "bong" -- a quart of foaming Budweiser into his mouth.”
“• must not use the word bong, marijuana or other synonyms for any illegal substance.”
“What The Social Network gets right, is that these two spaces are often cohabitated by the same people, especially at prestigious institutions like Harvard; at [substitute reputable school name here], the idiot who fell out of his dorm room window while clutching a bong is the same kid who discovered a plausible explanation to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity ... or whatever.”
The Huffington Post: Zach Weisberg: Seeking Truth in The Social Network
“BOJ officials have long opposed the idea of increasing government bond purchases on the view it would fan market concerns that the central bank is handing the government a blank check, and could undermine long-term bong credibility.”
The Wall Street Journal: Central Bank Expected to Expand Lending Facility
“Oh Shit! that Fixie hitting the bong is the funniest thing I've seen in years.”
“*** UPDATED February 5th, 4: 00PM*** Extra interviews Phelps and the Olympian firmly denies that he takes drugs, suggesting that the notorious photo of him smoking from a bong was a one-time lapse of judgment:”
Nick Graham: Michael Phelps Bong Picture: Olympic Champion Caught Smoking Marijuana: UPDATED
“Tongues are wagging because, unlike an Olympics where interest is low - until one of its 'stars is caught on tape hitting a bong, that is - a World Cup requires no money for infrastructure and brings pure tourism profit for the host cities.”
Esther J. Cepeda: U.S. Makes Official Bid to Host the World Cup: The Chicago Connection
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bong’.
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Onomatopoetic
words (seemingly) formed in imitation of a natural sound
plash, guff, woof, splash, crash, pow, crack, bang, whoosh, whizz, whallop, fizz and 116 more...
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Sounds
words that describe sound
atchoo, atishoo, babble, bam, bay, beep, blast, blather, bleat, bleep, blip, bong and 242 more...
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EN - xenophobic terms
Alle Menschen werden Brüder - sooner or later? Derogatory terms for anybody different.
abe, anchor baby, ann, ape, apple, asian nigger, aunt jemima , aunt jane, aunt mary, aunt sally, banana, beaner and 315 more...
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MANY A WORD!
This is just a list, right, that I'm gonna, like, fill with words, that, like, are every word that I can, like, think of with, ahhmm, my brain.
and, able, art, ass, algebra, amp, ankle, booze, bong, aura, bling, bright and 134 more...
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sound (loud)
words for loud sounds
( open list, descriptive, randomness )
also see:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopo...crash, thud, bump, thump, boom, smash, explode, roar, scream, screech, short, yell and 168 more...
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illicit drugs
Different terms for illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia. Please keep chemical names to the minimum, unless they're in common usage.
reefer, spliff, grass, joint, pot, ganja, heroin, cocaine, lsd, cannabis, marijuana, peyote and 20 more...
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Altered States Research Lab
Words and terms about (illicit) drugs and related subcultures.
reefer, golden brown, ganja, embalming fluid, shrooms, angel dust, bong, mescaline, handcuffs, padded cell, spliff, ecstasy and 79 more...
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Don Martin
Sound affects by the ridiculous cartoonist Don Martin
toob, tweeb, sklishk, kachunk-kachunka-..., ging, zap, zap-pow, thwizzit!, zzzzzz, sploydoing, shlik, plablablabl and 213 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 436 more...
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fred's string
this list is a list.
shingle, inflatable, throbbing, bludge, tendon, weiner, gutter, bong, glacier, kite, giggle, sibling and 52 more...
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zombiedepot's Words
sardonic, ganja, repute, putsch, loamy, bungle, dupe, astray, disembowel, maim, thou, cannabis and 43 more...
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Terms I Like
somnambulate, defenestrate, fjord, lux, purple, seven, truthiness, pocket, box, neat, bong, vacuous and 21 more...
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OrbitalCombustion's Words
nepenthe, phrontistery, peregrination, pervicacious, sinistrality, phallogocentric, prolixity, leptokurtic, ineffable, haecceity, lucubration, vicissitudes and 1026 more...
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Fryin's Words of nonsensical Wisdom
...the imprint of cataclysmic events exist in the brain like a stain on an old dusty blanket in the closet...
irascible, kooky, boss, tits, and how, musty, sick-house, abort, bong, symbiosis, weapon, see and 23 more...
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Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em
calumet, hookah, meerschaum, narghile, bowl, dudeen, hubble-bubble, kalian, calabash, chibouk, corncob pipe, chillum and 5 more...
Tweets
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