noun · rare

dong

статевий член, пеніс

донг, дон

Dong

The currency of Vietnam, 100 xusThe currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫

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UK/dɒŋ/US/dɔŋ/

» We just sat there for a while, not dong anything.

Meaning

7 senses

The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
Dong
донгdong
(historical)The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.
(slang)The penis.
Schwanz
(broadly, slang)A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
Dildo
(slang)A fool.
A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
донdon
A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.

More definitions

the basic unit of money in Vietnam

Examples

17 sentences

We just sat there for a while, not dong anything.
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Tom likes dong puzzles.
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Tobias was playing ding-dong ditch.
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Have you ever played ding-dong ditch?
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Jonas plays ding-dong ditch with his friends.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

currency of Vietnam:

onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

currency of Vietnam:

penis:

dildo:

Origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”).

Unknown. Perhaps suggested by dingus and other names for unnamable objects; perhaps suggesting of a sound of striking (perhaps the clapper of a bell; compare ding-dong); perhaps there is an element of donkey in it. First attested in the 1890s.

From Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”).

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