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thong
English
Etymology
From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang, þweng, þwæng (“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”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?ng, IPA(key): /???/
Noun
thong (plural thongs)
- A strip of leather.
- (usually in the plural, Australia, US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
- 1964, The Beach Boys, All Summer Long
- T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).
- 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.
- 2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney, Lonely Planet, page 126,
- 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.
- 1964, The Beach Boys, All Summer Long
- (Britain, US, New Zealand) An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
- No! I won't buy you a thong. You're too young for that.
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Synonyms
- (an item of footwear): see list in flip-flop
- (an undergarment or swimwear): G-string, butt floss
Translations
See also
- sandal
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Etymology
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Noun
thong
- pillar
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lanier
English
Noun
lanier (plural laniers)
- A leather thong.
- A strap used to secure armor.
Anagrams
- Arline, Erlian, Irelan, LINEAR, Linear, aliner, enrail, larine, linear, nailer, renail
Latin
Verb
lanier
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lani?
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