i Register
In some senses, pong is marked as slang, derogatory, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
pong
UK /pɒŋ/ US /pɔŋ/
noun 3verb 3name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, noxious, nude, still, terrible, together, unmistakable
VERB + PONG
beginning, game, like, ping, play, played, playing
PONG + NOUN
afternoon, football, mr, padel, tom
PREP.
with
ADV.
again, also, then
Definitions
noun
1
A stench, a bad smell.
Carrot ran past him to get to the barrel first, and peered down at the cowering Catweazle. “No rats, Dad,” he said. “What's that terrible pong, then?” said Mr Bennett, sniffing.
1992, Bryce Courtenay, Tandia, Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, page 109, She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong! Do they all smell like this?’
verb
1
To stink, to smell bad.
“Give them a drink of this and thy father shall see them as they are. They shall speak from their black hearts.” “Pongs a bit,” sniffed Carrot. “Sure it's not poisonous?”
1997, Taufiq Ismail, David M. E. Roskies (translator and editor), Stop Thief!, Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods and Other Modern Indonesian Short Stories, page 97, On she walked at a crawling pace, ponging of sweat, drops of mucus and blood falling between her feet.
2
To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it.
3
To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.
[…] and the “good old crusted” actor, forgetting the lines of the author, used without compunction to cover his discomfiture by inventing a text of his own–an achievement known as "ponging."
noun
1
A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an unpleasant smell
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Carrot ran past him to get to the barrel first, and peered down at the cowering Catweazle. “No rats, Dad,” he said. “What's that terrible pong, then?” said Mr Bennett, sniffing.
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1992, Bryce Courtenay, Tandia, Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, page 109, She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong! Do they all smell like this?’
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I can remember calling round once and when she answered the door I was greeted by an unmistakable, noxious pong. “I can smell gas!” I said. “Oh, have I left the ring on?” she asked vaguely.
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“Give them a drink of this and thy father shall see them as they are. They shall speak from their black hearts.” “Pongs a bit,” sniffed Carrot. “Sure it's not poisonous?”
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1997, Taufiq Ismail, David M. E. Roskies (translator and editor), Stop Thief!, Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods and Other Modern Indonesian Short Stories, page 97, On she walked at a crawling pace,
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2009, Susan Brocker, Saving Sam, HarperCollins, New Zealand, unnumbered page, The place ponged, like the smell of stale cat pee.
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