bong
noun /bɒŋ/
/bɑːŋ/
- the sound made by a large bell
- the bongs of Big Ben
- a long pipe for smoking cannabis and other drugs, which passes the smoke through a container of water
Word Originsense 1 1920s (originally US): imitative.sense 2 1970s: from Thai baung, literally ‘cylindrical wooden tube’.