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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bong /bɒŋ $ bɑːŋ/ noun [countable]  1. Ca deep sound made by a large bell 洪亮的钟声,当当声2. informalMDD an object used for smoking cannabis, in which the smoke goes through water to make it cool 大麻叶烟枪
Examples from the Corpus
bongAs bong as we avoided the real subject, the spell would not be broken.He even took his goddamn bong.Firebug picked up his bong and took a hit.People were at the table drinking wine, smoking from the bong.Alistair sighed and handed me the bong for another deep hit of Michoacan grass.Miguel took the bong but looked at him as if he doubted it would work.Miguel walked away from him with the bong.The bong was returned to Julian, who began to refill it.
Origin bong 1. (1800-1900) From the sound2. (1900-2000) Probably from Thai baung
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bong
bong /bɒŋ $ bɑːŋ/ noun [countable]
 Sense 1
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: From the sound
 Sense 2
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: Probably from Thai baung
1. a deep sound made by a large bell
2. informal an object used for smoking cannabis, in which the smoke goes through water to make it cool


bongBrE /bɒŋ/ 🔊NAmE /bɑːŋ/ 🔊 nounthe sound made by a large bell (大钟发出的)嘡嘡声the bongs of Big Ben大本钟的嘡嘡声a long pipe for smoking cannabis and other drugs, which passes the smoke through a container of water 烟枪;水烟斗