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pong.

A stench, a bad smell.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɒŋ/UK/pɔŋ//pɑŋ/Atlantic-Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger/pɔŋ/Australia
  1. A stench, a bad smell.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · slang
Where this word comes from

Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”).

verb/pɒŋ/UK/pɔŋ//pɑŋ/Atlantic-Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger/pɔŋ/Australia
  1. To stink, to smell bad.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · slang
  2. To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it.

    derogatory · slang
  3. To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.

    intransitive · slang
Where this word comes from

Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”).

noun/pɒŋ/UK/pɔŋ//pɑŋ/Atlantic-Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger/pɔŋ/Australia
  1. 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.

noun/pɒŋ/UK/pɔŋ//pɑŋ/Atlantic-Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger/pɔŋ/Australia
  1. Alternative form of pung.

    alt-of · alternative
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