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# bong

noun (a bong, bongs); verb (bong, bongs, bonged)

«bong» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A deep ringing sound, like a big bell or clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#m1)
2. (verb) To make that sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#m2)
3. (slang) A water pipe used to smoke drugs such as cannabis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories: the bongs of Big Ben at midnight; the clock went bong. In safety and health lessons the slang sense may come up as drug equipment, which is dangerous and illegal for children. Phrases: the bongs of Big Ben.

### Examples

- The clock went bong twelve times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#x1)
- We heard the bongs of Big Ben on the radio. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#x2)
- The doorbell bonged loudly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#x3)
- The big bell bonged across the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#x4)
- Count the bongs to know the hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#x5)
- The police found a bong, a pipe for smoking drugs. (slang) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/#x6)

### Note

As a sound word it is imitative, like ding, dong, ring. The drug sense is slang; drugs harm health and are against the law. In maths problems: a clock that bongs once per hour bongs 3 times at 3 o'clock.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bong» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bong/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bong» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bong.html) on Mova free.