pong
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pong
(pɒŋ)n
a disagreeable or offensive smell; stink
vb
(intr) to give off an unpleasant smell; stink
[C20: perhaps from Romany pan to stink]
ˈpongy adj
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Past participle: ponged
Gerund: ponging
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| Noun | 1. |  pong - an unpleasant smell fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink, mephitis - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
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