thong
UK/θɒŋ/US/θɔŋ/
thong noun: a narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
Noun
thong (plural thongs)
- A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
- An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
- Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.1963 March 16, Hal Porter, “Little old lady passing by”, in The Bulletin, page 22, column 3
- T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).1964, The Beach Boys, All Summer Long
- Synonyms:
- list in flip-flop
- An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
- She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.
- "Another girl bends over to get her books from her locker. Her hot pink thong sticks out of her low-rise pants."2005, Alyssa Schafer, “Is school dress appropriate or over the line?”, in The Bismarck Tribune
- Synonyms:
- G-string, butt floss
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Proper noun capitalized: Thong
Thong (plural Thongs)
- A surname.
thong meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
thong in Hindi
- थोंग
thong in Tamil
- வள்
thong in Marathi
- थोंग
thong in Urdu
- پٹی, پیٹی
More languagesFewer languages
- thong in Bengali
- ফালি, ফিতা
- thong in Malayalam
- ചെരുപ്പ് ceruppŭ
- thong in Kannada
- ಬಾರು, ಚಾಟಿ, ಛಡಿ
- thong in Punjabi
- ਥੋਂਗ
- thong in Gujarati
- થોંગ, થોન્ગ
- thong in Odia
- ଥୋଙ୍ଗ, ଥୋଙ୍ଗ୍
- thong in Sanskrit
- लता latā
- thong in Sinhala
- රබර් සෙරෙප්පු rabar sereppu
- thong in Nepali
- थोङ्ग
- thong in Arabic
- زنوبَة, شِبْشِب šibšib
- thong in Malay
- selipar jepun
- thong in Indonesian
- sandal jepit
- thong in Persian
- تسمه tasme, نیفه nife, قیش qiš
- thong in Thai
- รองเท้าแตะ rɔɔng-táao-dtɛ̀
- thong in Vietnamese
- dép, dép tông, dép lào
Examples of thong in a sentence
- Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can't put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.2008, Steve Parish, Eccentric Australia, page 104:
- You shouldn′t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you've splashed $5000 on daddy's credit card.2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney, Lonely Planet, page 126:
- "At her friends' urging, Margo ended up buying a purple thong."2009, Ashley Rae Harris, Do You Love Me?: Making Healthy Dating Decisions, Abdo Group, →ISBN, page 16:
Synonyms of thong
- list in flip-flop
- G-string
- butt floss
Forms of thong
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thongs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Thongs |
Origin of thong
From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Swedish tving (“clamp”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
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Phrases with thong
Words that rhyme with thong
Questions about thong
- What does thong mean?
- Thong means a narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
- What is thong in Hindi?
- Thong in Hindi is थोंग. See Thong meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use thong in a sentence?
- Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can't put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.
- What part of speech is thong?
- Thong can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thong?
- Thong is pronounced /θɒŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thong?
- The plural of thong is thongs.
Words near thong in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thong (page history and authors); Thong (page history and authors); thong (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thong (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thong (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thong (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thong (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thong (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thong (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thong (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thong (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); लता (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); thong (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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