Thong

//θɔŋ// name, noun

name, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
  2. 2
    a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe wordnet
  3. 3
    An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour. Australia, plural-normally

    "Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs."

  4. 4
    minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband wordnet
  5. 5
    An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more. UK, US

    "She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach."

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  1. 6
    leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip wordnet
  2. 7
    The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
  3. 8
    a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together wordnet
  4. 9
    underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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g-stringlashg stringbeltblacksnakebraid

Example

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"Jeanette Thong, a private trainer based in Singapore, first got into fitness when she started experiencing back pain and weight gain from sitting at a desk all day at her office job."

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”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).

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