Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)A stench, a bad smell.

    1992, Bryce Courtenay, Tandia, Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, page 109, She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong! Do they all smell like this?’

    2000, Susan Sallis, 2011, unnumbered page, ‘I see what you mean about the pong. I couldn′t smell it on myself but I can smell it on you!’

    an unpleasant smell

  2. A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Ping pong is also called table tennis.

    Пінг-понг також називають настільним тенісом. — deniko

    ruПинг-понг называют также настольным теннисом. — Vixen96

    dePingpong nennt man auch Tischtennis. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom and Mary are still playing ping pong.

    Том та Мері все ще грають у настільний теніс. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри всё ещё играют в настольный теннис. — wess

    deTom und Maria spielen noch immer Tischtennis. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom and Mary played ping pong.

    ruТом и Мэри играли в пинг-понг. — odexed

  4. How well can you play ping-pong?

  5. Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his.

Translations

4 languages

Origin

Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”). From ping, via the pairing of ping pong.

Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”).

From ping, via the pairing of ping pong.

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Forms

plural: pongs
Singularpong
Pluralpongs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an unpleasant smell:niff

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpongy
Derivedponger

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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