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nounbɒŋbɑŋ A low-pitched, resonant sound of the kind made by a large bell. the clock had struck the hour and it was only three bongs Example sentencesExamples - Those who have to listen to the bongs and chimes of All Through the Night all through the night have had enough.
- ‘The Bongs’ at the beginning of the Six O'Clock News are one of the key anchors in a Radio Four listener's day.
- Depending on which band you are listening to, pan music can be raucous and noisy, a riotous volley of plinks, clangs and bongs, or it can be like notes on velvet.
- The "bongs" of Big Ben will be heard for the last time on Saturday before it falls silent for a month for maintenance work.
- Bong! for one o'clock; bong! bong! for two o'clock, and so forth.
- The grandfather clock in the corner struck eleven o'clock and let out a deep bong sound.
- It made a loud bong and a huge crash in the next room.
- Most of the time things are OK, but once a month or so I close the lid and I hear the bong chime of the computer restarting.
- The 12 bongs at midday and midnight take 54 seconds to sound.
- For a loose definition of the sound, imagine repetitive bong hits.
- When Ella heard the bong of the palace clock striking, she counted the eleven strikes.
- They made a very sonorous and resonant bong.
Synonyms reverberation, ringing, ring, ding-dong, bong, peal, chime, toll
verbbɒŋbɑŋ [no object](especially of a bell) emit a low-pitched, resonant sound. Example sentencesExamples - Continue to hold down these four keys until it has ‘bonged’ a total of three times.
- Then one day he stuck paper clips on his guitar-strings and they bonged like gamelan bells.
- My ideal car would let me drive it as I wanted without binging and bonging at me and telling me what to do.
- Still, the prototype was completed by New Years Eve 1999, when it bonged twice at midnight.
- Mike was standing under the big bell when it bonged.
- It bonged on the hour and needed to be wound up with a special key.
- The bells have bonged at the local church and we have a bus to catch.
- Slightly to the left of that, theres a single bell which has been bonging away to itself, a little lower than the others.
- It's like my biological clock had turned into a massive grandfather clock and instead of ticking it was bonging!
- Several eyes looked at the clock, its trusty chimes bonged 3: 00.
Synonyms ring, ring out, chime, chime out, clang, toll
Origin1920s (originally US): imitative. Rhymesalong, belong, chaise longue, Geelong, gong, Guangdong, Haiphong, Heilong, Hong Kong, Jong, King Kong, long, mah-jong, Mao Zedong, Mekong, nong, pong, prolong, sarong, Shillong, song, souchong, strong, thong, throng, tong, Vietcong, wrong nounbɒŋbɑŋ A water pipe used for smoking cannabis or other drugs. (抽大麻或其他毒品用的)水烟枪,水烟筒 Example sentencesExamples - A used cannabis bong has been found yards away from a primary school.
- Inside is a bong and a pipe, decorated in assorted colours.
- It is usually mixed with tobacco and rolled into a smokable ‘joint’ or ‘spliff’, or the mixture is put into a pipe or a (often home-made) construct called a bong.
- I believe it has been proved that smoking weed on its own, especially from a bong, is more cancerous than smoking cigarettes.
- It's believed that the epidemic in Derry is only in its early stages, thus far involving only smoking joints and making bongs out of breathing apparatus.
- I had never done drugs before but it was quite apparent that they were smoking marijuana with a bong.
- Drug tests don't reveal whether a student smoked one joint a month ago or takes bong hits between classes.
- He says his most popular items aren't pipes and bongs but the many pendants, pins and purses hanging in his case.
- JJ had a six-foot-long bong fashioned out of PVC piping.
- Inside the flat will be the usual scattering of bongs and the smell of pot or spilt bong water.
- This means using bongs is a healthier smoking option in comparison to pipes and rolling papers.
- On Feb.24, federal agents raided more than 100 homes and businesses throughout the nation that sell bongs and pipes.
- Joey then walked into the closet, and a few moments later, pulled out the tallest bong I had ever seen.
- The bong pipe, which accompanies him everywhere, stands untouched on the table.
- And pot users usually use bongs to filter the smoke.
- Lisa who also stocks paraphernalia such as bongs and pipes, sells between two and four kilos of mushrooms a week.
- Were people following her or were they simply waiting for her to leave so they could pull out their stash and bongs…?
- In the ten years since first trying cannabis, I have been a regular smoker of pure, high quality cannabis using water bongs, special pipes and rarely pure joints.
- One night he took a bong hit of a dried plant, and it nearly killed him.
- You can buy pipes, bongs, rolling machines, scales, skins etc in hundreds of shops in the UK alone, perfectly legally.
Synonyms tobacco pipe, briar, briar pipe, meerschaum, clay pipe
Origin1970s: from Thai baung, literally 'cylindrical wooden tube'. nounbɒŋbɑŋ Climbing A large piton. 〔登山〕尖峰,岩峰 Example sentencesExamples - Other than on routes like Excaliber, where the wide-crack predominates, bongs are rarely needed.
- The largest of pitons are now rarely seen and are called bongs due to the characteristic low tone they produced.
- Back then, if you needed a bong-bong (wide piton), you had to make it yourself.
- But really it's the full rack of pitons (in particular the bong-bongs) that weighs you down.
- The route no longer requires the infamous "bong sandwiches" (pitons stacked against wood blocks), but it still has an eerie feel.
Origin1960s: probably imitative. nounbäNGbɑŋ A low-pitched, resonant sound such as made by a large bell. the clock had struck the hour and it was only three bongs Example sentencesExamples - For a loose definition of the sound, imagine repetitive bong hits.
- They made a very sonorous and resonant bong.
- When Ella heard the bong of the palace clock striking, she counted the eleven strikes.
- It made a loud bong and a huge crash in the next room.
- Depending on which band you are listening to, pan music can be raucous and noisy, a riotous volley of plinks, clangs and bongs, or it can be like notes on velvet.
- The grandfather clock in the corner struck eleven o'clock and let out a deep bong sound.
- ‘The Bongs’ at the beginning of the Six O'Clock News are one of the key anchors in a Radio Four listener's day.
- Most of the time things are OK, but once a month or so I close the lid and I hear the bong chime of the computer restarting.
- The 12 bongs at midday and midnight take 54 seconds to sound.
- Bong! for one o'clock; bong! bong! for two o'clock, and so forth.
- Those who have to listen to the bongs and chimes of All Through the Night all through the night have had enough.
- The "bongs" of Big Ben will be heard for the last time on Saturday before it falls silent for a month for maintenance work.
Synonyms reverberation, ringing, ring, ding-dong, bong, peal, chime, toll
verbbäNGbɑŋ [no object](especially of a bell) emit a low-pitched, resonant sound. Example sentencesExamples - Still, the prototype was completed by New Years Eve 1999, when it bonged twice at midnight.
- The bells have bonged at the local church and we have a bus to catch.
- It bonged on the hour and needed to be wound up with a special key.
- Continue to hold down these four keys until it has ‘bonged’ a total of three times.
- It's like my biological clock had turned into a massive grandfather clock and instead of ticking it was bonging!
- My ideal car would let me drive it as I wanted without binging and bonging at me and telling me what to do.
- Mike was standing under the big bell when it bonged.
- Then one day he stuck paper clips on his guitar-strings and they bonged like gamelan bells.
- Slightly to the left of that, theres a single bell which has been bonging away to itself, a little lower than the others.
- Several eyes looked at the clock, its trusty chimes bonged 3: 00.
Synonyms ring, ring out, chime, chime out, clang, toll
Origin1920s (originally US): imitative. nounbäNGbɑŋ A water pipe used for smoking marijuana or other drugs. (抽大麻或其他毒品用的)水烟枪,水烟筒 Example sentencesExamples - Drug tests don't reveal whether a student smoked one joint a month ago or takes bong hits between classes.
- This means using bongs is a healthier smoking option in comparison to pipes and rolling papers.
- Lisa who also stocks paraphernalia such as bongs and pipes, sells between two and four kilos of mushrooms a week.
- It is usually mixed with tobacco and rolled into a smokable ‘joint’ or ‘spliff’, or the mixture is put into a pipe or a (often home-made) construct called a bong.
- In the ten years since first trying cannabis, I have been a regular smoker of pure, high quality cannabis using water bongs, special pipes and rarely pure joints.
- I believe it has been proved that smoking weed on its own, especially from a bong, is more cancerous than smoking cigarettes.
- You can buy pipes, bongs, rolling machines, scales, skins etc in hundreds of shops in the UK alone, perfectly legally.
- Were people following her or were they simply waiting for her to leave so they could pull out their stash and bongs…?
- Inside is a bong and a pipe, decorated in assorted colours.
- And pot users usually use bongs to filter the smoke.
- JJ had a six-foot-long bong fashioned out of PVC piping.
- It's believed that the epidemic in Derry is only in its early stages, thus far involving only smoking joints and making bongs out of breathing apparatus.
- On Feb.24, federal agents raided more than 100 homes and businesses throughout the nation that sell bongs and pipes.
- Joey then walked into the closet, and a few moments later, pulled out the tallest bong I had ever seen.
- A used cannabis bong has been found yards away from a primary school.
- I had never done drugs before but it was quite apparent that they were smoking marijuana with a bong.
- Inside the flat will be the usual scattering of bongs and the smell of pot or spilt bong water.
- The bong pipe, which accompanies him everywhere, stands untouched on the table.
- He says his most popular items aren't pipes and bongs but the many pendants, pins and purses hanging in his case.
- One night he took a bong hit of a dried plant, and it nearly killed him.
Synonyms tobacco pipe, briar, briar pipe, meerschaum, clay pipe
Origin1970s: from Thai baung, literally ‘cylindrical wooden tube’. nounbäNGbɑŋ Climbing A large piton. 〔登山〕尖峰,岩峰 Example sentencesExamples - Other than on routes like Excaliber, where the wide-crack predominates, bongs are rarely needed.
- But really it's the full rack of pitons (in particular the bong-bongs) that weighs you down.
- The route no longer requires the infamous "bong sandwiches" (pitons stacked against wood blocks), but it still has an eerie feel.
- The largest of pitons are now rarely seen and are called bongs due to the characteristic low tone they produced.
- Back then, if you needed a bong-bong (wide piton), you had to make it yourself.
Origin1960s: probably imitative. |