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nong

UK/nɒŋ/US/nɔŋ/

nong noun: an idiot.

Noun

nong (plural nongs)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An idiot.
    • ‘In there, you nong,’ Max said, pointing out a pink-brick home with a 1950s skillion roof.1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 126
    • ‘You guys are such nongs! Why would you want to face up to Shoaib Akhtar when you could win a World Cup against the young blond Aussie star at the home of cricket?’2008, Michael Panckridge, Hat Trick! Toby Jones, Books 1-3, published 2010, unnumbered page

Proper noun capitalized: Nong

Nong (plural Nongs)

  1. A surname.

nong meaning in Bengali

nong in Bengali

একজন বোকা

Forms of nong

Noun
pluralnongs
Proper noun
pluralNongs

Origin of nong

Probably shortened from ning-nong.

Borrowed from Mandarin 農／农 (nóng) or 儂／侬 (nóng).

Phrases with nong

Words that rhyme with nong

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Questions about nong

What does nong mean?
Nong means an idiot.
What is nong in Bengali?
Nong in Bengali is একজন বোকা. See Nong meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is nong?
Nong can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nong?
Nong is pronounced /nɒŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of nong?
The plural of nong is nongs.

Words near nong in the dictionary

  1. nonfussy
  2. nonfuture
  3. nonfutures
  4. nonfuturistic
  5. nonfuzzy
  6. nong
  7. Nong Bua Lam Phu
  8. Nong Bua Lamphu
  9. Nong Khai
  10. Nong-nong
  11. nongabaergic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nong (page history and authors); Nong (page history and authors); nong (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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