bong
noun
[ bɒŋ ]
• a low-pitched, resonant sound of the kind made by a large bell.
• "the clock had struck the hour and it was only three bongs"
bong
verb
• (especially of a bell) emit a low-pitched, resonant sound.
Origin:
mid 19th century: imitative.
bong
noun
• a water pipe used for smoking cannabis or other drugs.
Origin:
1970s: from Thai baung, literally ‘cylindrical wooden tube’.
bong
noun
• a large piton.
Origin:
1960s: probably imitative.
