dong
UK/dɒŋ/US/dɔŋ/
dong noun: the currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫.
Noun (1)
dong (plural dong or dongs)
- The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
- The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.
Noun (2)
dong (plural dongs)
- The penis.
- "That American girl was after you too, wasn't she?"
"She didn't mean anything she said. She was just after your dong. But it's mine."
"For sure, Mary."1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 344 - Nevertheless, I was wholly incapable of keeping my paws from my dong once it started the climb up my belly.1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, page 18
- Synonyms:
- penis
- "That American girl was after you too, wasn't she?"
- A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
- A fool.
Noun (3)
dong (plural dongs)
- A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
Verb
dong (third-person singular simple present dongs, present participle donging, simple past and past participle donged)
- To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
Noun (4)
dong (plural dongs)
- A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.
Proper noun capitalized: Dong
Dong (plural Dongs)
- A surname.
- Tung Chung-shu of the Han describes the emotional nature of T’ien in the following words: “Heaven has its own feelings of joy and anger and a mind which experiences sadness and pleasure, analogous to those of man.”⁵⁴[1967, Vincent Y. C. Shih, “The Classics and Confucianism”, in The Taiping Ideology: Its Sources, Interpretations, and Influences (Far Eastern and Russian Institute Publications on Asia), number 15...
dong meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dong in Hindi
- currency of Vietnam
- दोंग doṅg
dong in Tamil
- டோங்
dong in Marathi
- डोंग
dong in Urdu
- ڈونگ
More languagesFewer languages
- dong in Bengali
- ডং
- dong in Telugu
- డాంగ్, డోంగ్
- dong in Malayalam
- ഡോങ്, ഡോംഗ്, ഡോങ്ങ്
- dong in Kannada
- ಡಾಂಗ್, ಡಾಂಗ್ಗೆ
- dong in Punjabi
- ਡੋਂਗ, ਡੌਂਗ, ਡੋਂਗ ਤੱਕ
- dong in Gujarati
- ડોંગ, ડોન્ગ
- dong in Odia
- ଡୋଙ୍ଗ, ଡୋଙ୍ଗ୍, ଡଙ୍ଗ୍
- dong in Nepali
- डोङ, डोङ्ग
- dong in Arabic
- دُونْغ dunḡ, دُونْج dong
- dong in Malay
- dong
- dong in Thai
- ด่ง dòng
- dong in Vietnamese
- đồng
Synonyms of dong
Forms of dong
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dong |
| plural | dongs |
| alternative uncommon | đồng |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dongs |
| present participle | donging |
| past participle | donged |
| past | donged |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dongs |
| alternative form | Doong |
Origin of dong
Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”).
Unknown. Perhaps suggested by dingus and other names for unnamable objects; perhaps suggesting of a sound of striking (perhaps the clapper of a bell; compare ding-dong); perhaps there is an element of donkey in it. First attested in the 1890s.
Onomatopoeic.
Words formed from dong
Phrases with dong
Words that rhyme with dong
Questions about dong
- What does dong mean?
- Dong means the currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫.
- What is dong in Hindi?
- Dong in Hindi is दोंग (doṅg). See Dong meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dong?
- Dong can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dong?
- Dong is pronounced /dɒŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dong?
- The plural of dong is dong.
Words near dong in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dong (page history and authors); Dong (page history and authors); dong (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dong (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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