Meaning

4 senses

  1. (slang)To pull a bell.

  2. (slang)To ring a doorbell.

    ring loudly and deeply

  3. Make a bell-like sound

    The church bell began to bong at noon, marking the start of the ceremony.

    He accidentally hit the old pot, making it bong loudly against the table.

  4. (informal, transitive)To smoke a bong.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. That would make a great bong.

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  2. Clean your bong.

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  3. Bing-bong ... bing-bong ... "Oh-oh. The class bell!"

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

bongs, bonging, bonged, bonged
Base formbong · to bong
3rd person singularbongs
Present participlebonging
Past simplebonged
Past participlebonged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybong
he, she, itbongs

Past simpleLesson

all personsbonged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bonged
he, she, ithas bonged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bong

Word family

5 related words
RelatedpipeB1hookahhubbly bubblynarghileshisha

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boneheadbonerbonfirebongobonjour
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