"pong" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɒŋ/ [UK], /pɔŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-pong.ogg [Australia] Forms: pongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|rom|pan||to stink}} Romani pan (“to stink”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pong (plural pongs)
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A stench, a bad smell. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang Categories (topical): Smell Related terms: pongy Translations (bad smell): воня (vonja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), smrad [masculine] (Czech), puch [masculine] (Czech), lemu (Finnish), löyhkä (Finnish), fedor (Portuguese), tufo [masculine] (Spanish), koku (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pong-en-noun-wB-L2Zpj Disambiguation of Smell: 43 3 2 48 2 2 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 26 10 26 6 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 39 12 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɒŋ/ [UK], /pɔŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-pong.ogg [Australia] Forms: pongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: From ping, via the pairing of ping-pong. Etymology templates: {{m|en|ping}} ping, {{m|en|ping-pong}} ping-pong Head templates: {{en-noun}} pong (plural pongs)
  1. (networking) A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host. Categories (topical): Networking
    Sense id: en-pong-en-noun-mPvb-xvy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 37 12 19 8 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 26 10 26 6 6 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /pɒŋ/ [UK], /pɔŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-pong.ogg [Australia] Forms: pongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} pong (plural pongs)
  1. (mahjong) Alternative form of pung Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pung Categories (topical): Mahjong Related terms: beer pong, ping pong
    Sense id: en-pong-en-noun-PUs4t9i6 Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /pɒŋ/ [UK], /pɔŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-pong.ogg [Australia] Forms: pongs [present, singular, third-person], ponging [participle, present], ponged [participle, past], ponged [past]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|rom|pan||to stink}} Romani pan (“to stink”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} pong (third-person singular simple present pongs, present participle ponging, simple past and past participle ponged)
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To stink, to smell bad. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang Categories (topical): Smell Synonyms (stink): reek, smell, stink Translations (to stink): воня (vonja) (Bulgarian), lemuta (Finnish), löyhkätä (Finnish), kokmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pong-en-verb-KEBACN3q Disambiguation of Smell: 43 3 2 48 2 2 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 26 10 26 6 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 39 12 11 Disambiguation of 'stink': 93 4 3 Disambiguation of 'to stink': 94 4 2
  2. (slang, theater, derogatory) To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-pong-en-verb-GgrQ0sdC Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 39 12 11 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  3. (slang, theater, intransitive) To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-pong-en-verb-kOIgZyS6 Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 39 12 11 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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