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pong

[ pong, pawng ]

noun

  1. an unpleasant smell; stink.


verb (used without object)

  1. to have a disagreeable smell; stink.

pong

/ pɒŋ /

noun

  1. a disagreeable or offensive smell; stink


verb

  1. intr to give off an unpleasant smell; stink

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Derived Forms

  • ˈpongy, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pong1

First recorded in 1915–20; of obscure origin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pong1

C20: perhaps from Romany pan to stink

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Example Sentences

Anyone with the intellect of a ping-pong ball should understand how opportunistic that whistleblowing looks.

Meanwhile, Kiev and Moscow passed the fault for the tragedy to each other, as if they were playing ping pong with the tragedy.

The Ping-Pong stadium was a tiny isolated bubble of bounty in the middle of a country shocked into silence.

The Chinese public had waited so long for their Ping-Pong Spring that they bellowed constant approval of the rout.

While other countries regarded ping pong as a sporting after-thought, the Chinese were about to make it their centerpiece.

Public gardens had special ping-pong tables to relieve the stress.

And, by the way, you boys haven't made the acquaintance of Pong, have you?

"Pong is as funny as his name, even if he is a Chinaman," laughed Stallings.

Pong, what are you going to give us out of the chuck wagon in the morning?

I had Pong get out the blankets for you, seeing that you have only your slickers with you.

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