English Online Dictionary. What means thong? What does thong mean?
English
Etymology
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”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: thŏng, IPA(key): /θɒŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /θɑŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Noun
thong (plural thongs)
- A strip of leather.
- (usually in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
- 2006, Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Thomson, page 108,
- Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts and T-shirts.
- (UK, US) An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Synonyms
- (an item of footwear): see list in flip-flop
- (an undergarment or swimwear): G-string, butt floss
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- sandal
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Etymology
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Noun
thong
- pillar
Middle English
Alternative forms
- thwong, thwang
Etymology
From Old English þwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θɔnɡ/
Noun
thong (plural thonges)
- A strip cut from a piece of leather.
Derived terms
- keythong (possibly)
- sho þuong
- thongly
- þongcastre
Descendants
- English: thong
- Scots: thwang, thwayng, thang
- Yola: fong
References
- “thong, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.