pongingn.
/ˈpɒŋɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɔŋɪŋ/, /ˈpɑŋɪŋ/ Theatre slang. Now rare.
The action or process by an actor of amplifying or expanding text, or of speaking lines loudly; projecting, declamation. (In quot. 1854 apparently: tumbling.)
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > loud or vociferous oratory
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > [noun] > other types of acting
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1854 C. Dickens Hard Times vi, in Househ. Words 15 Apr. 190/1 Missed his tip at the banners, too, and was loose in his ponging.
1893 Clarion Summer 30 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’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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