: the deep resonant sound especially of a bell
bong
verb
: a simple water pipe consisting of a bottle or vertical tube partially filled with a liquid (such as water or liqueur) and a smaller offset tube ending in a bowl
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Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
Traditionally, people smoke a joint, or a bong or bowl.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
Here, the ethereal sample sounds more crisp despite all vocals — .Paak’s included — being pitched-up as if a helium bong was in rotation.
—John Kennedy, Variety, 14 June 2024
Seated across from a shelf filled with shiny new bongs was his only customer, a bespectacled, middle-aged man.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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Noun
Summerland in San Francisco creates designer bongs and pipes that are sure to be the talk of the toke.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
Traditionally, people smoke a joint, or a bong or bowl.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
Here, the ethereal sample sounds more crisp despite all vocals — .Paak’s included — being pitched-up as if a helium bong was in rotation.
—John Kennedy, Variety, 14 June 2024
Seated across from a shelf filled with shiny new bongs was his only customer, a bespectacled, middle-aged man.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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“Bong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bong. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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