Pong

Quick meaning: Pong is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A stench, a bad smell.

Meaning

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A stench, a bad smell.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) To stink, to smell bad.
2. (networking) A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.
3. (mahjong) Alternative form of pung.
4. (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.
5. (slang, theater, intransitive) To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.

Example Sentences

If you want to empty a crowded room strong body pong will usually do the trick.

2009, Susan Brocker, Saving Sam, HarperCollins, New Zealand, unnumbered page, The place ponged, like the smell of stale cat pee.

2000, Susan Sallis, 2011, unnumbered page, ‘I see what you mean about the pong. I couldn′t smell it on myself but I can smell it on you!’

1992, Bryce Courtenay, Tandia, Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, page 109, She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong! Do they all smell like this?’

Word Forms

• pongs
• ponging
• ponged

Synonyms for pong

Depending on context, synonyms include reek, smell, stink.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ping, pang, bong, phoenix, fung, front.

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