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pong Definition

pong (pôŋ)

intransitive verb, noun

Brit., Informal stink

Etymology: prob. < Romany pan, to stink

pong Usage Examples

Object

  • bit: It's free, with free water and electricity, but a sewer empties into the river and it pongs a bit.

Converse of object

  • play: I see a lot of people in the gym five to six days a week and they'd be better off playing ping pong.
  • ping: Minimalist themes and phrasings seemingly ping pong from different angles, creating the sensibility of actually feeling the music emanate from within.
  • watch: But when he was a baby it always looked liked he was watching ping pong.
  • stand: Each day we stayed until we could stand the pong no longer, usually about half an hour.
  • make: Make ping pong sized balls from the minced beef mixture ( about 15 balls ).

Adjective modifier

  • nasty: On a recent backpacking trip to the Cairngorms, I wore one for 4 days, without the slightest hint of a nasty pong!
  • political: Political ping pong Cue Mr Blair taking personal control, indirectly incriminating Mr Brown.

Modifies a noun

  • paddle: You can even spin the ball, just like a ping pong paddle!
  • ball: I also have a ping pong ball size bone spur on the back of my right heal.
  • table: Two shared swimming pools, an outdoor jacuzzi, ping pong tables.
  • game: If you would rather play an easy ping pong game just for fun, no problem.
  • machine: I do have a pong machine at home but it's an advanced one that has multiple modes.

Noun used with modifier

  • ping: Well Andorra did beat the North Korean women's ping pong team in a five aside last April.