thong en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /θɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- thŏng
- (Australia) audio
- /θɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /θɔŋ/ (General-American)
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”), Swedish tving (“clamp”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
Meanings
- A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
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(Australia, dated, in US, plural-normally) 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.
Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.
1963 March 16, Hal Porter, “Little old lady passing by”, in The Bulletin, page 22, column 3:You shouldn′t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you've splashed $5000 on daddy's credit card.
2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney, Lonely Planet, page 126:T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).
1964, The Beach Boys, All Summer Long:Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can't put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.
2008, Steve Parish, Eccentric Australia, page 104:
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(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.
"At her friends' urging, Margo ended up buying a purple thong."
2009, Ashley Rae Harris, Do You Love Me?: Making Healthy Dating Decisions, Abdo Group, →ISBN, page 16:She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.
"Another girl bends over to get her books from her locker. Her hot pink thong sticks out of her low-rise pants."
2005, Alyssa Schafer, “Is school dress appropriate or over the line?”, in The Bismarck Tribune:
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thongs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
thongless · thongage · thonged · thonging · sea thong · thongweed · thonglike · thongkini · thongy
Relateds
Synonyms
list in flip-flop (an item of footwear) · butt floss (an undergarment or swimwear) · G-string (an undergarment or swimwear)
Translations (155)
it laccio (leather strip) · hu pacsker (footwear) · eo zorio (footwear) · fa نیفه (leather strip) · ru шлёпанцы (footwear) · fi varvastossu (footwear) · sh remen (leather strip) · cs vietnamky (footwear) · uli beealae (footwear) · hu tanga (undergarment) · de Flipflop (footwear) · sv flip-flop (footwear) · uz shippak (footwear) · sk remeň (leather strip) · mi tau (leather strip) · fa تسمه (leather strip) · cic pas pas (footwear) · pt tira de couro (leather strip) · ru вьетна́мки (footwear) · pl stringi (undergarment) · ga flip fleap (footwear) · sn patapata (footwear) · id sandal jepit (footwear) · hu papucs (footwear) · ca sandàlia hawaiana (footwear) · hu lábujjközös papucs (footwear) · ka ჩუსტი (footwear) · sk šľapky (footwear) · gl corre (leather strip) · es hawaiana (footwear) · es tanga (undergarment) · th รองเท้าแตะ (footwear) · is tásandalar (footwear) · nv kégiizh haaztʼiʼí (footwear) · ms selipar jepun (footwear) · it cinghia (leather strip) · bg джа́панка (footwear) · az şap-şap (footwear) · sh tanga (undergarment) · fr tong (footwear) · fr tapette (footwear) · ar زنوبَة (footwear) · ko 쪼리 (footwear) · is þvengur (leather strip) · cs žabky (footwear) · gl chanca (footwear) · grc ἱμάς (leather strip) · cy carrai (leather strip) · az ləpik (footwear) · ca tanga (undergarment) · hu vietnámi papucs (footwear) · gl chanqueta (footwear) · gl correa (leather strip) · is leðurreim (leather strip) · scn savatti (footwear) · cmn 人字拖 (footwear) · fr claquette (footwear) · scn sànnali (footwear) · ro șlap (footwear) · es correa (leather strip) · ca xoquí (footwear) · gl chinela (footwear) · km ស្បែកជើងនៅឆ្នេរកៅស៊ូ (footwear) · ml ചെരുപ്പ് (footwear) · es yina (footwear) · cy fflip-fflops (footwear) · uk в'єтна́мки (footwear) · hu szíj (leather strip) · la āmentum (leather strip) · ko 플립플롭 (footwear) · es slap (footwear) · uk ремінець (leather strip) · fi nahkahihna (leather strip) · pt sandália japonesa (footwear) · mfe savat (footwear) · pl klapek (footwear) · ar شِبْشِب (footwear) · ota عصام (leather strip) · es chola (footwear) · lt pliažinės šliurės (footwear) · it ciabatta (footwear) · he כפכפים (footwear) · uz shlyopansi (footwear) · it correggia (leather strip) · ko 쓰레빠 (footwear) · fr lanière (leather strip) · si රබර් සෙරෙප්පු (footwear) · ja ビーチサンダル (footwear) · ru сла́нцы (footwear) · acw زنّوبة (footwear) · km ស្បែកជើងផ្ទាត់ (footwear) · es sandalia (footwear) · pt chinelo (footwear) · sv flippflopp (footwear) · ota تاصمه (leather strip) · la lōrum (leather strip) · fr clic-clac (footwear) · es chancla (footwear) · vi dép lào (footwear) · fa قیش (leather strip) · ary مشاية الصبع (footwear) · it infradito (footwear) · hu tangapapucs (footwear) · ru реме́нь (leather strip) · az şəpik (footwear) · sl japonke (footwear) · vls sletse (footwear) · tr parmak arası (footwear) · el σαγιονάρα (footwear) · arz شِبْشِب (footwear) · de Tangaslip (undergarment) · vi dép tông (footwear) · ota قایش (leather strip) · bg джа́панки (footwear) · hu strandpapucs (footwear) · fr gougoune (footwear) · es ojota (footwear) · de Tanga (undergarment) · fi hihna (leather strip) · ko 슬리퍼 (footwear) · de Lederriemen (leather strip) · mk апостолка (footwear) · pt chinelo de dedo (footwear) · mi patui (leather strip) · fi varvassandaali (footwear) · ca xancleta (footwear) · vi dép (footwear) · lo ເກີບແຕະ (footwear) · pl rzemień (leather strip) · de Badelatschen (footwear) · es bamba (footwear) · es chancleta (footwear) · bg ре́мък (leather strip) · sh japanka (footwear) · ja フリップフロップ (footwear) · ko 조리 (footwear) · es sayonara (footwear) · es calipso (footwear) · bg пра́шки (undergarment) · pt sandália havaiana (footwear) · cic pas pas sholosh (footwear) · yue 人字拖 (footwear) · sw kandambili (footwear) · pl japonka (footwear) · scn zòcculi (footwear) · nmn gǃkxʻāla (leather strip) · acw شبشب (footwear) · ga iall (leather strip) · af plakkies (footwear) · ca corretja (leather strip) · gd iall (leather strip) · nl slipper (footwear) · dsb rjemjeń (leather strip) · sv flippflopp-sandal (footwear) · be в'етна́мкі (footwear)