"dong" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɒŋ/ [UK], /dɔŋ/ [General-American], /dɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-au-dong.ogg [Australia] Forms: dong [plural], dongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duŋ, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅/铜 (tóng, “copper”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|vi|đồng}} Vietnamese đồng, {{der|en|ltc|銅|t=copper}} Middle Chinese 銅 (duŋ, “copper”), {{der|en|och|銅}} Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ), {{cog|cmn|銅||copper}} Mandarin 銅/铜 (tóng, “copper”) Head templates: {{en-noun|dong|s}} dong (plural dong or dongs)
  1. The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫ Translations (currency of Vietnam): دُونْغ (dunḡ) [masculine] (Arabic), دُونْج (dong) [masculine] (Arabic), (dùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 越南盾 (Yuènán dùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 越盾 (yuèdùn) (Chinese Mandarin), dong [masculine] (French), Dong [masculine] (German), ντονγκ (ntongk) (Greek), दोंग (doṅg) (Hindi), đồng (Hungarian), ドン (don) (Japanese), ដុង (dong) (Khmer), (dong) (alt: ) (Korean), ດົ່ງ (dong) (Lao), dong (Malay), dong [masculine] (Portuguese), донг (dong) [masculine] (Russian), ด่ง (dòng) (Thai), đồng (alt: ) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-dong-en-noun-31OSr6ea Disambiguation of 'currency of Vietnam': 56 44
  2. (historical) The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Currencies, Genitalia, Historical currencies, Sounds Categories (place): Vietnam Translations (currency of South Vietnam): đồng (alt: ) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-dong-en-noun-ReEGaInz Disambiguation of Currencies: 28 48 0 2 4 14 4 Disambiguation of Genitalia: 4 38 5 18 7 22 6 Disambiguation of Historical currencies: 28 48 0 2 4 14 4 Disambiguation of Sounds: 4 13 2 5 34 14 28 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 29 39 0 0 0 31 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 42 0 5 10 30 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 39 0 5 15 23 13 Disambiguation of 'currency of South Vietnam': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: đồng [uncommon]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dɒŋ/ [UK], /dɔŋ/ [General-American], /dɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-au-dong.ogg [Australia] Forms: dongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from The Dong with a Luminous Nose, an 1894 poem by Edward Lear about a mythical creature. Attested since the 1930s. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} dong (plural dongs)
  1. (slang) The penis. Tags: slang Synonyms (penis): penis Translations (penis): Schwanz [masculine] (German), ballefjong [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dong-en-noun-JrEPyTmp Disambiguation of 'penis': 85 15 Disambiguation of 'penis': 85 15
  2. (slang, by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis. Tags: broadly, slang Translations (dildo): Dildo [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-dong-en-noun-Jl4SLX-u Disambiguation of 'dildo': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: double dong Related terms: ding-dong
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /dɒŋ/ [UK], /dɔŋ/ [General-American], /dɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-au-dong.ogg [Australia] Forms: dongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: Onomatopoeic Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} dong (plural dongs)
  1. A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations: (Chinese Mandarin), (dāng) (Chinese Mandarin), дон (don) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dong-en-noun-fgWICeAg Disambiguation of Sounds: 4 13 2 5 34 14 28 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /dɒŋ/ [UK], /dɔŋ/ [General-American], /dɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-au-dong.ogg [Australia] Forms: dongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|동(洞)|t=neighborhood}} Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dong (plural dongs)
  1. A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea. Categories (topical): Sounds Related terms: dai pai dong (english: etymologically unrelated), dong quai (english: etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-dong-en-noun-9AZm1HU2 Disambiguation of Sounds: 4 13 2 5 34 14 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /dɒŋ/ [UK], /dɔŋ/ [General-American], /dɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-au-dong.ogg [Australia] Forms: dongs [present, singular, third-person], donging [participle, present], donged [participle, past], donged [past]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: Onomatopoeic Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb}} dong (third-person singular simple present dongs, present participle donging, simple past and past participle donged)
  1. To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound. Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-dong-en-verb-98MOhJmy Disambiguation of Sounds: 4 13 2 5 34 14 28 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 344",
          "text": "\"That American girl was after you too, wasn't she?\"\n\"She didn't mean anything she said. She was just after your dong. But it's mine.\"\n\"For sure, Mary.\"",
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          "word": "噹"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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    },
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        "To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound."
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/dɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/dɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-dong.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/En-au-dong.ogg/En-au-dong.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/En-au-dong.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    "Vietnamese đồng"
  ],
  "word": "dong"
}

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        "3": "동(洞)",
        "t": "neighborhood"
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”)",
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      "form": "dongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
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    },
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      "english": "etymologically unrelated",
      "word": "dong quai"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea."
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          "submunicipal"
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          "administrative",
          "administrative"
        ],
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          "city"
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          "Korea",
          "Korea"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/dɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/En-au-dong.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    "Vietnamese đồng"
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  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch', 2: 'ding dong'}",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "dong",
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}

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