bongn.²

Brit.

/bɒŋ/, U.S.

/bɑŋ/

Forms: also reduplicated.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bong v.

Etymology: < bong v., with allusion to the low-pitched sound this kind of piton makes when hammered in.

Mountaineering (originally U.S.).

A large piton in the form of a folded sheet of metal, used in wide cracks. Also reduplicated as bong-bong.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of

runner1688

runner ring1791

ice axec1800

alpenstock1829

rope1838

climbing-iron1857

piolet1868

snap-link1875

prickera1890

middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892

chock1894

glacier-rope1897

piton1898

run-out1901

belaying-pin1903

snap-ring1903

ironmongery1904

line1907

Tricouni1914

ice claw1920

peg1920

sling1920

ice piton1926

ice hammer1932

karabiner1932

rock piton1934

thread belay1935

mugger1941

running belay1941

piton hammer1943

sky-hook1951

etrier1955

pied d'éléphant1956

rope sling1957

piton runner1959

bong1960

krab1963

rurp1963

ice screw1965

nut1965

traverse line1965

jumar1966

knife-blade1968

tie-off1968

rock peg1971

whammer1971

Whillans whammer1971

Whillans harness1974

1960 Sierra Club Bull. Dec. 50 Tom Frost had made up a batch of angle pitons large enough to fit cracks from 2 to 3 1/2 inches wide. He onomatopoetically named these pitons ‘bong-bongs’.

1965 Climber Feb. 7/1 Instead of wooden wedges in wider cracks, American climbers use bongs (because they go bong bong when hammered in).

1978 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 5 July a7/2 Pitons come from postage-stamp sized ‘rurps’..to bong-bongs for cracks wider than a person's foot.

2006 P. Hill Internat. Handbk. Techn. Mountaineering 169 Arranging a lost arrow along with a bong can be particularly awkward.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bongn.³

Brit.

/bɒŋ/, U.S.

/bɑŋ/

Origin: A borrowing from Thai. Etymon: Thai bong.

Etymology: < Thai bong, specific use of bong tubular section of bamboo (open at one end and closed at the other by the node), which has a variety of uses. Compare Thai bong-kancha cannabis pipe, ganja pipe.

Originally U.S.

A kind of pipe used for smoking cannabis or another drug, in which the smoke is drawn through water contained in a vessel typically made of glass, ceramic, plastic, or (traditionally) bamboo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > equipment for taking drugs > equipment for taking marijuana

roach holder1965

skin1967

bong1971

1971 Marijuana Rev. Jan.–June 18 Many thanks to Scott Bennett..for the beautiful special bong he made for my pipe collection.

1977 Rolling Stone 24 Mar. 81/2 (advt.) Genuine bamboo bongs with removable bamboo bowls are wax lined and come in two sizes; the one-foot bong..and the two-foot bong.

1991 K. Hafner & J. Markoff Cyberpunk i. 89 On the bedroom floor they found two small plastic bags containing what appeared to be marijuana, and a glass bong.

1996 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 9 Wobbly on his feet and clutching a home-made bong cut from a plastic bottle.

2012 N. Hawley Good Father (2013) 290 The frat boys were huddled around a bong when he came out of his room with the gun.

Compounds

bong hit n. an instance of inhaling cannabis smoke from a bong; cf. hit n. 1b.

ΚΠ

1978 Washingtonian June 107/2 There's not that much around to live for except..a bong hit tonight that will get me through to the bong hit tomorrow.

1997 D. Rushkoff in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 201 After a couple of bong hits, Manuel and Henry felt certain that the monkeys were fully engaged in a total trance dance.

2013 Daily Tel. 18 Oct. 29/2 You cannot take a bong hit while you are on the phone with your divorce attorney.

bong water n. water in or from a bong; esp. the dark-coloured, strong-smelling water found in a bong which has been used.

ΚΠ

1977 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Advance-Titan 14 Dec. 6/2 How can you write up your friend for pouring bong water under your door when you put Vicks on their door knob the night before?

1994 Today (Duncanville, Texas) 4 Aug. 4 a/3 I never understood how ingesting booze, chemicals or bong water, and entering a state of near unconsciousness, adds to overall concert experience.

2015 C. Sicard Mary Jane ii. 21/1 Spilled bong water has a pungent smoky stench that lingers long after the water itself is gone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bongv.

Brit.

/bɒŋ/, U.S.

/bɑŋ/

Forms: also reduplicated.

Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bong n.¹

Etymology: < bong n.¹ Compare earlier dong v.

1. transitive. To strike (an object) so as to produce a low-pitched resonant sound; to ring (a bell), to bang (a gong), etc. Also intransitive with at, on, etc.

ΚΠ

1894 R. Lovett James Gilmour & his Boys 265 The toy seller..goes slowly along the street, ‘Bong—Bong—Bonging’ at his gong.

1956 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 27 Mar. 6/3 When..Pavlov bonged his gong the next time the dog vomited.

1985 Gourmet Nov. 242/3 He bongs the bell and announces that fourth classmen may leave.

1998 Mass. Rev. 39 568 The boys bonging on the top of the pickup truck's cab, hollering against the wind.

2001 Daily Telegr. (Nexis) 24 Mar. 1 The monks were just finishing a two-hour chant—putting on cockatoo head-dresses, bonging gongs and grinning when we caught their eye.

2. intransitive. To make a low-pitched, resonant sound, as that of a large bell ringing.

ΚΠ

1918 J. Thurber Let. 15 Oct. (2002) 22 I was in the deeps for a spell after your letter telling all about hells' bells bonging on the campus where sweet chimes were wont to ching.

1936 J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle vi. 94 The pump bonged with a deep, throaty voice.

1978 Irish Univ. Rev. 8 44 Throughout all the neat villages Gathered under their stones, bells Are bonging.

2017 Sun (Nexis) 25 Aug. 15 Crowds cheered..on Monday as Big Ben bonged for the final time before a four year silence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bongint.n.¹

Brit.

/bɒŋ/, U.S.

/bɑŋ/

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare earlier dong v.

A. int.

Representing a low-pitched, resonant sound of the kind made by the ringing of large bell, the striking of a gong, etc. Frequently reduplicated, or in combination with other similar sounds.

ΚΠ

1849 G. H. Rodwell Old London Bridge xiii. 146 Bong-gingle—bong-gingle—bong-gingle went the gong and cymbals.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xvi. 134 At St. Paul's they are received by the Dean..and at that minute—bang, bong, bung—the Tower and Park guns salute them!

1877 Littell's Living Age 20 Jan. 181/2 In its joy it made a leap and fell down into the street..bong, bang, bing!

1921 Judge 8 Jan. 6/2 Clang go the cymbals, bong goes the gong.

1970 E. Paulsen in S. Terkel Hard Times 33 This guy goes under the counter and comes up with a sap. He lashes out at the girl's head, bong!

2003 Mirror (Nexis) 19 Dec. 6 Then, ‘bong’ 8pm comes, the bell tolls and we step out into the winter gloom.

B. n.¹

A low-pitched, resonant sound of the kind made by the ringing of large bell, the striking of a gong, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > deep resonant sound > [noun]

boom?a1500

croona1522

booming1774

bong1855

whoom1875

whoomph1900

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (intransitive)]

ringOE

chimea1340

outringa1425

dong1587

ding-dong1659

tang1686

re-ring1763

ding1820

dinglea1839

bong1855

dingle dongle1858

tinnitate1866

jing1884

gong1903

pring1927

1855 H. C. Watson Jerry Pratt's Progress 63 The bong—bong—bong—bong—of the State House bell rang on his ears.

1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower vi, in Cornhill Mag. June 666 A string, I say, of Cecilia's harp cracked, and went off with a loud bong, which struck terror into all beholders.

1923 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 31 May 7/2 The Atlanta Journal [radio station] uses the ‘bong, bong, bong’ of a big gong.

1960 V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading iv. 43 The merciless bong of the clock.

2011 Daily Tel. 4 May 29/6 The portentous ‘bongs’ of Big Ben.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.²1960

n.³1971

v.1894

int.n.¹1849

单词	bong
释义	bongn.² Brit. /bɒŋ/, U.S. /bɑŋ/ Forms: also reduplicated. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bong v. Etymology: < bong v., with allusion to the low-pitched sound this kind of piton makes when hammered in. Mountaineering (originally U.S.). A large piton in the form of a folded sheet of metal, used in wide cracks. Also reduplicated as bong-bong. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of runner1688 runner ring1791 ice axec1800 alpenstock1829 rope1838 climbing-iron1857 piolet1868 snap-link1875 prickera1890 middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892 chock1894 glacier-rope1897 piton1898 run-out1901 belaying-pin1903 snap-ring1903 ironmongery1904 line1907 Tricouni1914 ice claw1920 peg1920 sling1920 ice piton1926 ice hammer1932 karabiner1932 rock piton1934 thread belay1935 mugger1941 running belay1941 piton hammer1943 sky-hook1951 etrier1955 pied d'éléphant1956 rope sling1957 piton runner1959 bong1960 krab1963 rurp1963 ice screw1965 nut1965 traverse line1965 jumar1966 knife-blade1968 tie-off1968 rock peg1971 whammer1971 Whillans whammer1971 Whillans harness1974 1960 Sierra Club Bull. Dec. 50 Tom Frost had made up a batch of angle pitons large enough to fit cracks from 2 to 3 1/2 inches wide. He onomatopoetically named these pitons ‘bong-bongs’. 1965 Climber Feb. 7/1 Instead of wooden wedges in wider cracks, American climbers use bongs (because they go bong bong when hammered in). 1978 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 5 July a7/2 Pitons come from postage-stamp sized ‘rurps’..to bong-bongs for cracks wider than a person's foot. 2006 P. Hill Internat. Handbk. Techn. Mountaineering 169 Arranging a lost arrow along with a bong can be particularly awkward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bongn.³ Brit. /bɒŋ/, U.S. /bɑŋ/ Origin: A borrowing from Thai. Etymon: Thai bong. Etymology: < Thai bong, specific use of bong tubular section of bamboo (open at one end and closed at the other by the node), which has a variety of uses. Compare Thai bong-kancha cannabis pipe, ganja pipe. Originally U.S. A kind of pipe used for smoking cannabis or another drug, in which the smoke is drawn through water contained in a vessel typically made of glass, ceramic, plastic, or (traditionally) bamboo. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > equipment for taking drugs > equipment for taking marijuana roach holder1965 skin1967 bong1971 1971 Marijuana Rev. Jan.–June 18 Many thanks to Scott Bennett..for the beautiful special bong he made for my pipe collection. 1977 Rolling Stone 24 Mar. 81/2 (advt.) Genuine bamboo bongs with removable bamboo bowls are wax lined and come in two sizes; the one-foot bong..and the two-foot bong. 1991 K. Hafner & J. Markoff Cyberpunk i. 89 On the bedroom floor they found two small plastic bags containing what appeared to be marijuana, and a glass bong. 1996 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 9 Wobbly on his feet and clutching a home-made bong cut from a plastic bottle. 2012 N. Hawley Good Father (2013) 290 The frat boys were huddled around a bong when he came out of his room with the gun. Compounds bong hit n. an instance of inhaling cannabis smoke from a bong; cf. hit n. 1b. ΚΠ 1978 Washingtonian June 107/2 There's not that much around to live for except..a bong hit tonight that will get me through to the bong hit tomorrow. 1997 D. Rushkoff in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 201 After a couple of bong hits, Manuel and Henry felt certain that the monkeys were fully engaged in a total trance dance. 2013 Daily Tel. 18 Oct. 29/2 You cannot take a bong hit while you are on the phone with your divorce attorney. bong water n. water in or from a bong; esp. the dark-coloured, strong-smelling water found in a bong which has been used. ΚΠ 1977 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Advance-Titan 14 Dec. 6/2 How can you write up your friend for pouring bong water under your door when you put Vicks on their door knob the night before? 1994 Today (Duncanville, Texas) 4 Aug. 4 a/3 I never understood how ingesting booze, chemicals or bong water, and entering a state of near unconsciousness, adds to overall concert experience. 2015 C. Sicard Mary Jane ii. 21/1 Spilled bong water has a pungent smoky stench that lingers long after the water itself is gone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bongv. Brit. /bɒŋ/, U.S. /bɑŋ/ Forms: also reduplicated. Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bong n.¹ Etymology: < bong n.¹ Compare earlier dong v. 1. transitive. To strike (an object) so as to produce a low-pitched resonant sound; to ring (a bell), to bang (a gong), etc. Also intransitive with at, on, etc. ΚΠ 1894 R. Lovett James Gilmour & his Boys 265 The toy seller..goes slowly along the street, ‘Bong—Bong—Bonging’ at his gong. 1956 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 27 Mar. 6/3 When..Pavlov bonged his gong the next time the dog vomited. 1985 Gourmet Nov. 242/3 He bongs the bell and announces that fourth classmen may leave. 1998 Mass. Rev. 39 568 The boys bonging on the top of the pickup truck's cab, hollering against the wind. 2001 Daily Telegr. (Nexis) 24 Mar. 1 The monks were just finishing a two-hour chant—putting on cockatoo head-dresses, bonging gongs and grinning when we caught their eye. 2. intransitive. To make a low-pitched, resonant sound, as that of a large bell ringing. ΚΠ 1918 J. Thurber Let. 15 Oct. (2002) 22 I was in the deeps for a spell after your letter telling all about hells' bells bonging on the campus where sweet chimes were wont to ching. 1936 J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle vi. 94 The pump bonged with a deep, throaty voice. 1978 Irish Univ. Rev. 8 44 Throughout all the neat villages Gathered under their stones, bells Are bonging. 2017 Sun (Nexis) 25 Aug. 15 Crowds cheered..on Monday as Big Ben bonged for the final time before a four year silence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bongint.n.¹ Brit. /bɒŋ/, U.S. /bɑŋ/ Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare earlier dong v. A. int. Representing a low-pitched, resonant sound of the kind made by the ringing of large bell, the striking of a gong, etc. Frequently reduplicated, or in combination with other similar sounds. ΚΠ 1849 G. H. Rodwell Old London Bridge xiii. 146 Bong-gingle—bong-gingle—bong-gingle went the gong and cymbals. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xvi. 134 At St. Paul's they are received by the Dean..and at that minute—bang, bong, bung—the Tower and Park guns salute them! 1877 Littell's Living Age 20 Jan. 181/2 In its joy it made a leap and fell down into the street..bong, bang, bing! 1921 Judge 8 Jan. 6/2 Clang go the cymbals, bong goes the gong. 1970 E. Paulsen in S. Terkel Hard Times 33 This guy goes under the counter and comes up with a sap. He lashes out at the girl's head, bong! 2003 Mirror (Nexis) 19 Dec. 6 Then, ‘bong’ 8pm comes, the bell tolls and we step out into the winter gloom. B. n.¹ A low-pitched, resonant sound of the kind made by the ringing of large bell, the striking of a gong, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > deep resonant sound > [noun] boom?a1500 croona1522 booming1774 bong1855 whoom1875 whoomph1900 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (intransitive)] ringOE chimea1340 outringa1425 dong1587 ding-dong1659 tang1686 re-ring1763 ding1820 dinglea1839 bong1855 dingle dongle1858 tinnitate1866 jing1884 gong1903 pring1927 1855 H. C. Watson Jerry Pratt's Progress 63 The bong—bong—bong—bong—of the State House bell rang on his ears. 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower vi, in Cornhill Mag. June 666 A string, I say, of Cecilia's harp cracked, and went off with a loud bong, which struck terror into all beholders. 1923 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 31 May 7/2 The Atlanta Journal [radio station] uses the ‘bong, bong, bong’ of a big gong. 1960 V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading iv. 43 The merciless bong of the clock. 2011 Daily Tel. 4 May 29/6 The portentous ‘bongs’ of Big Ben. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.²1960n.³1971v.1894int.n.¹1849
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bongn.2

bongn.3

Compounds

bongv.

bongint.n.1

bongn.²

bongn.³

bongint.n.¹