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▪ I. pong, n.1|pɒŋ|
[Echoic.]
a. The sound of a ringing blow; a bang; taken as the name of such a blow, or of an explosion. Cf. ping.
1823New Monthly Mag. VIII. 502 (Devon Dial.) To-day have I dealt thee a pong in the midriff. 1896Daily Chron. 25 Aug. 3/5 The deafening ‘pong’ of the Hotchkiss strikes on the jaded ear.
b. Abbrev. ping-pong n. Also, an electronic game resembling ping-pong, played on a pinball machine or a television screen. Also attrib.
1968–70Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) III–IV. 94 Pong, n. ping-pong. 1976Washington Post 19 Apr. a15/2 (Advt.), Now the whole family can play the new & exciting pong on your home TV. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 June 11-c/6 (Advt.), The new amusement machine, Pachinco, is sweeping the country like the pong games did five years ago. 1978Chicago June 36/1 Game room with pong and pinball machines used by neighborhood folks.
▪ II. pong, n.2 colloq.|pɒŋ|
Also (rare) ponk.
[Etym. obscure.]
An unpleasant smell; a stink.
1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 38 Pong,..stink. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 226 Pong, a stink. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxiv. 257 Avoid the smell of camel. They were complete with permanent, pyramid, and perfume, commonly called pong. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 56 Ponk, a stink. As verb, to stink. 1957J. Braine Room at Top iv. 44 ‘What a pong,’ he said. ‘Don't know how you stand it.’ 1960H. Pinter Dumb Waiter 130 What, you mean it might be my pong? (He sniffs sheets.) Yes... It could be my pong I suppose. 1973G. Moffat Deviant Death i. v. 64 She's burning the feathers... She only does it when the wind takes the smell away from us... The pong's not bothering us. 1974J. Gardner Return of Moriarty 292 There ain't half a pong down here.
▪ III. pong, v.1 Theatrical slang.|pɒŋ|
Of an actor: To amplify the text of his part; = gag v.1 5.
1893J. Pitt-Hardacre in Clarion (Summer No.) 30 (Funk) Ponging is a lost art... Consisting as it did, of a kind of bold free-hand dramatic sketching, Ponging had no place in an age of ‘photographic acting’. Hence we pong no more. 1894Even. News 18 Oct. 2/6 If he expands the text he is said ‘to pong’... Why will not ‘gag’ do instead of ‘pong’?
▪ IV. pong, v.2 colloq.|pɒŋ|
Also (rare) ponk.
[f. pong n.2]
intr. To stink. Also fig.
1927[see hum v.3]. 1939R. Campbell Flowering Rifle 21 What matters most to them is—‘Does it Pong?’ 1941[see pong n.2] 1944‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ii. 17, I think it looks ugly as sin, and it's starting to ponk a bit. 1948M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xiii. 164 The old boy never bought a sausage that didn't pong. 1950A. Baron There's no Home i. 16 ‘It don't 'alf pong,’ he observed. 1960[see drain n. 1 e] 1972P. Cleife Slick & Dead ii. 22 This loving thing could be a cover story for any old racket?.. Pongs a bit, don't you think? 1979R. Rendell Make Death love Me ix. 85 The place..just pongs of dirty clothes. |