fong

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

fong

  1. (Ireland, slang) A kick.
    • 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Scribner-Simon & Schuster, New York: 1996, p 147.
      'Get away from my door or I'll come out and give every one o' ye a good fong in the hole of yeer arse.'

Etymology 2

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Noun

fong

  1. (US, slang) A penis.

See also

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fungus, or possibly a calque of Spanish hongo.

Pronunciation

Noun

fong m (plural fongs)

  1. fungus
  2. mushroom
    Synonym: bolet

Further reading

Kosraean

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *boŋi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀŋi. Compare Pohnpeian pwohng, Marshallese boñ, Fijian pogi, Rotuman pogi and Hawaiian pō.

Pronunciation

Noun

fong

  1. night

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English thong, thwong, from Old English þwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

fong

  1. A thin strip of raw hide used by saddlers in sewing.

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 136
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