BONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bong mean? 

• BONG (noun)
  The noun BONG has 1 sense:

1. a dull resonant sound as of a bell

  Familiarity information: BONG used as a noun is very rare.

• BONG (verb)
  The verb BONG has 1 sense:

1. ring loudly and deeply

  Familiarity information: BONG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dull resonant sound as of a bell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("bong" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

• BONG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ring loudly and deeply

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

the big bell bonged

Hypernyms (to "bong" is one way to...):

echo; resound; reverberate; ring (ring or echo with sound)

Sentence frame:

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