Pong
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -É’Å‹
Origin 1
From ping, via the pairing of ping-pong.
Origin 2
Probably from Romani pan ("to stink").
Noun
pong
(plural pongs)- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A stench, a bad smell.
- 1992, Bryce Courtenay, , Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, %22pongs%22+smell+OR+odour+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OhbkT8SpJYnzmAWm9uWJCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pong%22|%22pongs%22%20smell%20OR%20odour%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 109,She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong! Do they all smell like this?’
- 1998, Catherine Fox, Heaven′s Scent, Third Way (magazine), %22pongs%22+smell+OR+odour+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OhbkT8SpJYnzmAWm9uWJCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pong%22|%22pongs%22%20smell%20OR%20odour%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 13,I can remember calling round once and when she answered the door I was greeted by an unmistakable, noxious pong. “I can smell gas!â€I said. “Oh, have I left the ring on?†she asked vaguely.
- 2000, Susan Sallis, 2011, %22pongs%22+smell+OR+odour+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iCHkT6q5Jc3HmQWy5OT5Cg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pong%22|%22pongs%22%20smell%20OR%20odour%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,‘I see what you mean about the pong. I couldn′t smell it on myself but I can smell it on you!’
- 2009, Martin Fine, The Devil′s Fragrance, %22pongs%22+smell+OR+odour+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iCHkT6q5Jc3HmQWy5OT5Cg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pong%22|%22pongs%22%20smell%20OR%20odour%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 109,If you want to empty a crowded room strong body pong will usually do the trick.
Related terms
Verb
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To stink, to smell bad.
- 1997, Taufiq Ismail, David M. E. Roskies (translator and editor), Stop Thief!, Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods and Other Modern Indonesian Short Stories, %22ponged%22+smell+OR+odour+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fVbkT4-QOOaAmQXd7-HwCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ponging%22|%22ponged%22%20smell%20OR%20odour%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 97,On she walked at a crawling pace, ponging of sweat, drops of mucus and blood falling between her feet.
- 2009, Susan Brocker, Saving Sam, HarperCollins, New Zealand, %22ponged%22+smell+OR+odour+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fVbkT4-QOOaAmQXd7-HwCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ponging%22|%22ponged%22%20smell%20OR%20odour%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,The place ponged, like the smell of stale cat pee.
- 2010, Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest, %22ponged%22+smell+OR+odour+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fVbkT4-QOOaAmQXd7-HwCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ponging%22|%22ponged%22%20smell%20OR%20odour%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 63,“...That toothless bloke ponged. Couldn′t you smell him? He smelled like a bloody pub floor at closing time.â€
- 2011, Victor Pemberton, We′ll Sing at Dawn, 2012, eBook, Headline Publishing, %22ponged%22+smell+OR+odour+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fVbkT4-QOOaAmQXd7-HwCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ponging%22|%22ponged%22%20smell%20OR%20odour%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,...and this evening, Eileen Perkins′s daughter Rita ponged with the smell of cheap carbolic soap, after a late-afternoon visit to the public baths down Hornsey Road.