thong
A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objectsA narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
» Tell your sister her thong is showing.
Sag deiner Schwester, dass ihr Tanga rauskuckt.
Meaning
4 sensesA narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
Lederriemen
реме́ньreménʹ
ремінецьreminecʹ
a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
(Australia, dated, usually plural)An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
2006, Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Thomson, page 108, Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts and T-shirts.
Flipflop, Badelatschen
вьетна́мкиvʹjetnámki, сла́нцыsláncy, шлёпанцыšljópancy
в'єтна́мкиvʺjetnámky
a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
(UK, US)An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.
Tanga, Tangaslip
The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Examples
4 sentencesTell your sister her thong is showing.
deSag deiner Schwester, dass ihr Tanga rauskuckt.
He decided to wear a bright red thong to the beach.
She likes wearing boxer briefs, she doesn't like briefs, and also doesn't like thongs.
She doesn't wear thongs.
ruОна не носит стринги.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, stFrom Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, 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”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Swedish tving (“clamp”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
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Forms
plural: thongsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe:flip-flop
- 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:G-string
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip:lash