: 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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Iris Dorbian, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This stuff is a powerful oxidizer that, while not flammable by itself, will accelerate and intensify combustion of rubber balloons, clothing, hair, skin, eye tissue and other things that burn when used around open flames such as bongs, joints, and cigarettes.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
In the long dream of American cinema, Hal Ashby occupies a strange and haunted room — off the hallway of the greats, cluttered with forgotten scripts, bong water and the heavy air of things once possible.
—Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
Users are turning everyday items like plastic bottles and fruit bowls into effective gravity bongs.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
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Noun
Dispelling stereotypes and negative narratives with comedy, such as creating a video of a rabbi taking a hit from a bong, is a way of doing that.
—Iris Dorbian, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This stuff is a powerful oxidizer that, while not flammable by itself, will accelerate and intensify combustion of rubber balloons, clothing, hair, skin, eye tissue and other things that burn when used around open flames such as bongs, joints, and cigarettes.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
In the long dream of American cinema, Hal Ashby occupies a strange and haunted room — off the hallway of the greats, cluttered with forgotten scripts, bong water and the heavy air of things once possible.
—Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
Users are turning everyday items like plastic bottles and fruit bowls into effective gravity bongs.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
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“Bong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bong. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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