pong

noun (a pong — UK, Australia, NZ, informal; Pong — a game); verb (pong, pongs, ponged, ponging)

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

Everyday

(UK, Australia, informal) A pong is a strong, unpleasant smell. tree →
(UK, informal) To pong is to smell bad. tree →
Pong is one of the first video games, a simple tennis-like game from the early days of computers. tree →
«Ping-pong» is table tennis. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday British and Australian talk, «What a pong!» or «Your trainers pong!» is a jokey way to say something stinks; adjective «pongy». In history-of-computers lessons, Pong was an early arcade game with two paddles and a ball. In PE, ping-pong is another name for table tennis.

Examples

What a pong! Who left the bin open? tree →
Your football socks pong. tree →
The fish market had a terrible pong. tree →
The cheese ponged out the whole fridge. tree →
Pong was one of the first video games. tree →
We played ping-pong at the youth club. tree →
The changing room is a bit pongy. tree →

Note

Informal, not rude, mostly UK, Australia and NZ; Americans say «stink». Regular verb: ponged. Adjective: pongy.

On Mova

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