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# thong

noun (a thong, thongs)

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

## Everyday

1. (Australia, New Zealand) Thongs are flip-flops: simple open sandals with a strap between the toes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#m1)
2. A thong is a piece of underwear or swimwear with a very thin strip at the back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#m2)
3. A thong is a thin strip of leather used to tie or fasten things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life in Australia, people wear thongs to the beach; in the UK they are called flip-flops, in New Zealand jandals. In history, leather thongs tied shoes and tools. Because the word means underwear in the UK and USA, it causes funny misunderstandings between countries.

### Examples

- Don't forget your thongs for the beach! (Australia) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#x1)
- My thongs broke and I had to walk barefoot. (Australia) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#x2)
- In the UK, thongs are called flip-flops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#x3)
- The sandal was tied with a leather thong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#x4)
- The necklace hung on a leather thong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#x5)
- Kiwis call them jandals, Aussies call them thongs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#x6)
- Finally, he found and drew forth a nicely plaited whip-thong with a red snapper all waxed and knotted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thong/#x7)

### Note

Countable; usually plural for footwear: a pair of thongs. Trap: an Australian asking for thongs means flip-flops, not underwear. Said with a hard g at the end: thong rhymes with long.

## On Mova

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