pong.
A stench, a bad smell.
Meaning & usage
A stench, a bad smell.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”).
To stink, to smell bad.
To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it.
To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”).
A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.
Where this word comes from
From ping, via the pairing of ping pong.
Alternative form of pung.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.