Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A narrow strip, as of leather, used for binding or lashing.
- n. A whip of plaited leather or cord.
- n. A sandal held on the foot by a strip that fits between the first and second toes and is connected to a strap usually passing over the top or around the sides of the foot.
- n. A garment for the lower body that exposes the buttocks, consisting of a narrow strip of fabric that passes between the thighs supported by a waistband.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A long narrow strip of leather; a narrow strap, used as a fastening, a halter, reins, the lash of a whip, the latchet of a shoe, and in many other ways. See cut under snow-shoe.
- To provide, fit, or fasten with a thong.
- To strike with a thong, or with a similar implement, as the lash of a whip.
- To rope; stretch out into viscous threads or filaments.
Wiktionary
- n. A strip of leather.
- n. usually plural, Australia, US An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
- n. UK, US, New Zealand An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything.
WordNet 3.0
- n. underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants
- n. a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
- n. a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
- n. minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband
- n. leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
Etymologies
- From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang, þweng, þwæng ("thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery"), from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang ("thong"), Middle Low German dwenge ("clamp, jaws, steel-trap"), German Zwinge ("vise, clamp"), Norwegian dialectal tveng ("shoestrap, shoelace"), Icelandic þvengur ("strap, thong, latchet"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English thwong. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The thong is imprinted with yellow comedy and tragedy masks and the words “The Original Mardi Gras” (because Alabamians think their celebrations preceded those in Louisiana).”
“At the very least you'll know what the rally thong is all about.”
“Maybe the fact that the frag-thong is standard equipment for Badoon hordes has something to do with it.”
Stacy B’s Wild Theories: Part 1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
“The thong is called a "low-rise v-string" from their "Sexy Little Thing" line (pictured left).”
Woman Sues Victoria's Secret Because Of Thong Injury - The Consumerist
“I wear jandals on my feet, and a thong is worn under trousers NOT on your feet!”
“A few life size pics of Rosie O topless in thong panties could be useful too: - D”
“A man needs nothing more than a bearskin thong and a sword to be shown fabulous powers.”
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The eleven things I learned from growing up in the 80s.
“The poll for the best alternative use of the Jay Lake thong is up at Misty Marshall's blog.”
“Headless in a thong is like Nichols in a speedo. wittingly, unwittingly thats just wrong.”
“While I was updating the newswire, I found out that Suicide Girl Alexis bought a Wil Has A Posse thong from the WWdN store, and shot a pretty cool (and quite tasteful, so just settle down) photoset featuring it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thong’.
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CULT - protection of young persons
The negative impact of media on young generations (violence, sexual content, hate speech, etc.)
sexualization, child sex traffic..., pornified, porning, corporate paedoph..., sexualised repres..., sexual appeal, sexually objectified, premature sexuali..., sexual connotations, European Parents'..., healthy development and 160 more...
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Fads
With bows of great respect to Connie Willis, author of "Bellwether" and other wonderful books.
Hula-Hoop, bungee-jumping, hair-bobbing, pogs, jitterbug, jogging, mesmerism, Ouija board, miniature golf, The Old Curiosity..., Harry Potter, line dancing and 271 more...
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• Little pains in my butt
Annoying, little, things. In a single word.
psoriasis, interjections, sultriness, spam, mice, mosquitoes, dust, mould, ipod, pimple, blister, sliver and 93 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...Odysseus, sea, Athene, goddess, land, Achaean, wind, wave, Ithaca, lead, Poseidon, mortal and 732 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Below the Belt
Anything worn from the waist down.
chausses, pantaloons, britches, trossers, buckskins, chaps, galligaskins, gregs, gaskins, breeches, knee breeches, knee pants and 93 more...
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n4oliver's Words
ubiquitous, heteroatom, metrosexual, chemistry, benzaldehyde, almond, wine, absurd, behoove, thong, existential, ambiguous and 24 more...
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Vocabulary 8
acrid, casualty, congested, cope, hurtle, impede, inevitable, initiate, irate, lax, negligent, smolder and 3 more...
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the hate list
words that give me the heebidie jeebidies
suffragette, get 'er done, fringe, causeway, twee, jumper, tgif, actually, syringe, seltzer, raisin, whited sepulchre and 72 more...
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nouns
tyke, twerp, scab, buoy, segue, quandary, vibe, frailty, apparition, malice, slumber, thespian and 44 more...
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chandler stinks
words used by the NYT's perfume critic, Chandler Burr in a recent article 'reviewing' three fragrances, or in my satirical response to Chandler's review.
satire
Let's fuel this...masterly, maple, muscular, petulant, machismo, virtuosity, graphite, mouthwatering, lemongrass, gunpowder, blood-orange, velvet and 33 more...
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zander's Words
persiflage, skunk, gravel, pusillanimous, glum, swafern, flapjack, coinage, onyx, floozie, poeminous, bucolic and 47 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for thong.

mollusque Sandalous! Mar 21, 2010
yarb I, too, like this as a verb. Jun 26, 2008
reesetee *hiding from the inevitable earworm* Jun 26, 2008
jennarenn It *is* fun to say, as evidenced by the infamous "Thong Song". Jun 26, 2008
reesetee Heyyy...I like this word as a verb! (As a noun, I could do without it.) Jun 26, 2008
yarb Wayne thongs Jayne an amorphous wallet thing
(he is into leathercraft) and, guess what? -
they both think for five minutes each morning.
- Peter Reading, It's a Small World, from Fiction, 1979 Jun 26, 2008
Prolagus See also fartbreaker, if you dare. Jun 18, 2008