Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A penis.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name of the wild yak, Poëphaga grunniens. See yak.

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  • noun The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol:
  • noun slang The penis; a dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis
  • noun onomatopoeia for the sound made by a bell with a low pitch

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb go `ding dong', like a bell
  • noun the basic unit of money in Vietnam

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Vietnamese đồng, from Early Middle Chinese dəwŋ, copper (also the source of Mandarin tóng, copper).]

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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From Vietnamese đồng (Hán tự: , "copper").

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