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dong.

The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɒŋ/UK/dɔŋ/General-American/dɑŋ/cot-caught-merger
  1. The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫

  2. The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.

    historical
Where this word comes from

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

noun/dɒŋ/UK/dɔŋ/General-American/dɑŋ/cot-caught-merger
  1. The penis.

    slang
  2. A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.

    broadly · slang
  3. A fool.

    slang
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/dɒŋ/UK/dɔŋ/General-American/dɑŋ/cot-caught-merger
  1. A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.

Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic.

verb/dɒŋ/UK/dɔŋ/General-American/dɑŋ/cot-caught-merger
  1. To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.

Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic.

noun/dɒŋ/UK/dɔŋ/General-American/dɑŋ/cot-caught-merger
  1. A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.

Where this word comes from

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

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