"clong" meaning in English

See clong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈklɒŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɑŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-clong.wav Forms: clongs [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of conlang. Created on Reddit around 2020. Etymology templates: {{corruption|en|conlang|cap=1}} Corruption of conlang Head templates: {{en-noun}} clong (plural clongs)
  1. (conlanging, humorous) Synonym of conlang. Tags: humorous Synonyms: conlang [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: cloŋ [alternative]
    Sense id: en-clong-en-noun-Cibg5rPn Categories (other): Conlanging, English entries with incorrect language header, English words derived through corruption, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈklɒŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɑŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-clong.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} clong
  1. (obsolete) past participle of cling Tags: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Form of: cling
    Sense id: en-clong-en-verb-BkZWPFRX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for clong meaning in English (2.8kB)

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