different between dong vs punch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese ??ng, from Middle Chinese ? (duwng, “copper”) (compare Mandarin ? (tóng)), from Old Chinese ? (*l?o?).

Noun

dong (plural dongs or dong)

1. The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ?

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin unknown. Perhaps from The Dong with a Luminous Nose, an 1894 poem by Edward Lear about a mythical creature. Attested since the 1930s.

Noun

dong (plural dongs)

1. (slang) A penis.
   • 1983, "Penis Song" (from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)

     Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
     Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?

2. (slang, by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.

Synonyms

• (penis): See Thesaurus:penis.

Related terms

• ding-dong

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic

Noun

dong (plural dongs)

1. Onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch.

Translations

Verb

dong (third-person singular simple present dongs, present participle donging, simple past and past participle donged)

1. Of a bell: to make a low-pitched ringing sound.

Etymology 4

Korean ?(?) (dong, “neighborhood”)

Noun

dong (plural dongs)

1. A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.

Anagrams

• Gond, gnod

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Syncope of dorang.

Pronoun

dong

1. they

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Hyphenation: dong
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch *dong, from Old Dutch *dunga, from Proto-Germanic *dung?. Cognate to English dung.

Noun

dong m (uncountable)

1. (dated, dialectal, Northern) dung, manure

   Synonym: mest

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese ??ng.

Noun

dong m (plural dongs)

1. dong, the currency of Vietnam

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dong

1. singular past indicative of dingen

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?do??]
• Rhymes: -o??
• Homophone: ??ng

Verb

dong

1. (intransitive, of an insect) to buzz, bumble, drone
2. (intransitive, of a large hollow object) to boom, rumble, thunder (to make a dull, low-pitched, reverberating sound when hit)

Conjugation

or

Derived terms

• dongás
• dongó

(With verbal prefixes):

See also

• ??ng (“currency of Vietnam”)

References

Further reading

• dong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• dong in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Mandarin

Romanization

dong

1. Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dòng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

dong

1. Alternative form of donge

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dong m (definite singular dongen, indefinite plural donger, definite plural dongene)

1. (slang) condom

Portuguese

Noun

dong m (plural dongs)

1. dong (currency of Vietnam)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [zaw??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [jaw??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaw??m??]

Verb

dong

1. drive, escort

Noun

(classifier cây) dong

1. Phrynium placentarium

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ù??

Etymology

From dyngj.

Noun

dong m (definite dongen)

1. droppings, especially in a pen, especially sheep droppings mixed with straw residue, bedding and hay motes, which the sheep lie on in the sheep barn

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??/

Verb

dong

1. (transitive) to solicit

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??/

Verb

dong

1. (transitive) to intercept

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do???/

Verb

dóng

1. (transitive) to hinder

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do???/

Verb

dòng

1. (intransitive) to ask

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Etymology 1

From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon).

Noun

punch (countable and uncountable, plural punches)

1. (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
2. (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
3. (uncountable) Impact.

Synonyms

• (strike with the fist): blow, box, bunch of fives (Britain)
• (power, strength): oomph, pep

Hyponyms

• (strike with the fist): jab, hook, king hit, uppercut, pounding

Derived terms

Related terms

• puncheon

Translations

See also

• (A strike with the fist): slap

Verb

punch (third-person singular simple present punches, present participle punching, simple past and past participle punched)

1. (transitive) To strike with one's fist.

   If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.

2. (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
3. (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
4. (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
5. (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.

   He punched a hit into shallow left field.

6. (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc)
7. To thrust against; to poke.

   to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow

Synonyms

• (To strike with the fist): box, slug

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened form of puncheon, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“I prick”).

Noun

punch (plural punches)

1. (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
   1. (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
2. (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
3. (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
4. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.

Translations

See also

• centrepunch, centre punch, centerpunch
• hole punch
• nail punch
• paper punch
• three-hole punch

Verb

punch (third-person singular simple present punches, present participle punching, simple past and past participle punched)

1. To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
2. To mark a ticket.

Hypernyms

• (to create a hole): perforate, pierce

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Hindi ???? (p??c, “five”), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit ?????? (páñcan). Doublet of five, cinque, pimp, and Pompeii.

Noun

punch (countable and uncountable, plural punches)

2. A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.

Descendants

Translations

Etymology 4

From Punch.

Noun

punch (plural punches)

1. (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pons (obsolete)
• puns (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from English punch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?n?/
• Hyphenation: punch

Noun

punch m (uncountable)

1. punch (beverage)

French

Alternative forms

• ponch (1990 reform spelling)

Etymology

From English punch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/

Noun

punch m (plural punchs)

1. punch (drink)

Further reading

• “punch” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Noun

punch m (plural punches)

1. punch (drink)