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bong

1  [bong, bawng]
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–noun
1. a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell.
–verb (used without object)
2. to produce this sound: The church bell bonged promptly at noon.
Origin:
1855–60; imit.

bong

2  [bong, bawng]
–noun
a type of hookah or water pipe for smoking marijuana or other drugs.
Origin:
of uncert. orig.
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bong 1   (bŏng, bông)   
n.  A deep ringing sound, as of a bell.
v.   bonged, bong·ing, bongs

v.   tr.
To cause to sound with a deep ringing noise.
v.   intr.
To make a deep ringing noise.

[Imitative.]
bong 2   (bŏng, bông)   
n.  A water pipe that consists of a bottle or a vertical tube partially filled with liquid and a smaller tube ending in a bowl, used often in smoking narcotic substances.

[Thai baung.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
bong [bɔŋ]

and bhong
  1. n.
    a marijuana smoking device that cools the smoke by passing it through water. (Drugs.) : This bong is really getting sort of nasty.
  2. tv. & in.
    to smoke marijuana or other drugs with a bongor other device. (Drugs.) : Wanna go bong a bowl?
  3. n.
    a puff or hitof marijuana taken through a bong. (Drugs.) : I'll take two bongs, and then I gotta go.
  4. tv. & in.
    to drink keg beer through a hose. (California. See also beerbong.) : Everybody bonged till the keg was empty.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bong 
"water pipe for marijuana," 1960s, U.S. slang, said to have been introduced by Vietnam veterans, from Thai baung, lit. "cylindrical wooden tube."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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