Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pong, pawng]
- /pɒŋ, pɔŋ/
- /pɒŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [pong, pawng]
- /pɒŋ, pɔŋ/
Definitions of pong word
- noun pong an unpleasant smell; stink. 1
- verb without object pong to have a disagreeable smell; stink. 1
- noun pong bad smell 1
- intransitive verb pong smell bad 1
- noun Technical meaning of pong (games) A computer game invented in 1972 by Atari's Nolan Bushnell. The game is a minimalist rendering of table tennis. Each of the two players are represented as a white slab, controllable by a knob, which deflects a bouncing ball. The goal of the game is to "AVOID MISSING BALL FOR HIGH SCORE". 1
- countable noun pong A pong is an unpleasant smell. 0
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Origin of pong
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; of obscure origin
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pong
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pong popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pong usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pong
noun pong
- funk — Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1967, U.S. biochemist, born in Poland: discovered thiamine, the first vitamin isolated.
verb pong
- whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
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