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dong

[dawng, dong] Origin

dong

1[dawng, dong]
noun
a deep sound like that of a large bell.

Origin:
1580–90; imitative; see ding-dong

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Dong is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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dong

2[dawng, dong]
noun, plural dong.
the basic monetary unit of Vietnam, equal to 100 hao: replaced the southern piaster and the northern dong in 1978.

Origin:
< Vietnamese đông

dong

3[dawng, dong]
noun Slang: Vulgar.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; origin uncertain
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dong (dɒŋ)
 
n
1.  the deep reverberating sound of a large bell
2.  informal (Austral), (NZ) a heavy blow
3.  a slang word for penis
 
vb
4.  (intr) (of a bell) to make a deep reverberating sound
5.  informal (Austral), (NZ) (tr) to strike or punch
 
[C16: of imitative origin]

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dong
"penis," 1891, of unknown origin.
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dong definition


  1. n.
    the penis. (Usually objectionable.) : He held his hands over his dong and ran for the bedroom.
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