pongpong /pɒŋ $ pɑːŋ/ noun [countable usually singular]Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
What a pong! This place hasn't been cleaned for years!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Pseudomonas prefers a nice warm fridge, but has less competition in the cold, hence the pong.
The pong was such that we used to pinch our noses as we ran past.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS►smell
something that you can recognize by breathing in through your nose: · the smell from the kitchen· What’s that awful smell?· the sweet smell of roses
►whiff
something that you smell for a short time: · He caught a whiff of her perfume.· a whiff of apple blossom
►scent
a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animal: · The rose had a beautiful scent.· Cats use their scent to mark their territory.· the sharp, dying scent of autumn· the heady scent (=strong scent)of magnolias
►fragrance/perfume
a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scent: · the sweet perfume of the orange blossoms· Each mango has its own special fragrance.
►aroma
formal a pleasant smell from food or coffee: · the aroma of fresh coffee· The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies.
►odour
British English, odor American English formal an unpleasant smell: · An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins.· the odor of stale tobacco smoke
►pong
British English informal an unpleasant smell: · What’s that horrible pong?
►stink/stench
a very strong and unpleasant smell: · I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat.· The toilet gave off a terrible stench.
Longman Language Activatora bad smell►smell
· There's a smell in here - open the window.· The food looked good, but the smell was awful.smell of· The smells of dead fish and rotting garbage were more than he could stand.bad smell· There was a bad smell coming from the cupboard.
►odour
British/odorAmerican a strong, unpleasant smell that is easy to recognize: · The air freshener is supposed to get rid of unpleasant household odors.odour of: · Around the camps there was always the pungent order of kerosene burning human waste.body odour/odor: · The man sitting next to me had body odor and bad breath.
►stench
a very strong unpleasant smell, especially one that is so bad it makes it hard for you to breathe or makes you feel sick: · The dead body had begun to rot, and the stench was overpowering.stench of : · I couldn't bear to go in the room with its stench of beer and vomit.
►stink
a strong and very unpleasant smell, especially from something that is decaying: · The stink from the drains is almost unbearable in summer.stink of: · The stink of burning rubber permeated the hot summer air.
►pong
British informal a bad smell: · What a pong! This place hasn't been cleaned for years!
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►a ping-pong/billiard/snooker etc ball
· He was bouncing around like a ping-pong ball.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES►snooker/billiard/ping-pong etc table
And time is measured out by the di-dock, di-dock of a Ping-pong table.
By the production line stand basketball nets and ping-pong tables for use during breaks.
Gretel, looking half awake, was standing on the other side of the Ping-Pong table.
In front of the platform stood a pair of billiard tables, as shown overleaf.
Leaning against the Ping-Pong table, he picked up the stethoscope and felt its peculiar rubbery tubes.
She slashed wildly at the ball with the edge of the bat, and the ball bounced under the snooker table.
The room was bare except for a ping-pong table on folding trestle legs.
The youth leader conveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snooker table.
British English informal an unpleasant smell: an awful pong in the fridge► see thesaurus at smell—pong verb [intransitive]