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pong

(pɒŋ)
n
a disagreeable or offensive smell; stink
vb
(intr) to give off an unpleasant smell; stink
[C20: perhaps from Romany pan to stink]
ˈpongy adj
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pong


Past participle: ponged
Gerund: ponging

Imperative
pong
pong
Present
I pong
you pong
he/she/it pongs
we pong
you pong
they pong
Preterite
I ponged
you ponged
he/she/it ponged
we ponged
you ponged
they ponged
Present Continuous
I am ponging
you are ponging
he/she/it is ponging
we are ponging
you are ponging
they are ponging
Present Perfect
I have ponged
you have ponged
he/she/it has ponged
we have ponged
you have ponged
they have ponged
Past Continuous
I was ponging
you were ponging
he/she/it was ponging
we were ponging
you were ponging
they were ponging
Past Perfect
I had ponged
you had ponged
he/she/it had ponged
we had ponged
you had ponged
they had ponged
Future
I will pong
you will pong
he/she/it will pong
we will pong
you will pong
they will pong
Future Perfect
I will have ponged
you will have ponged
he/she/it will have ponged
we will have ponged
you will have ponged
they will have ponged
Future Continuous
I will be ponging
you will be ponging
he/she/it will be ponging
we will be ponging
you will be ponging
they will be ponging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ponging
you have been ponging
he/she/it has been ponging
we have been ponging
you have been ponging
they have been ponging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ponging
you will have been ponging
he/she/it will have been ponging
we will have been ponging
you will have been ponging
they will have been ponging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ponging
you had been ponging
he/she/it had been ponging
we had been ponging
you had been ponging
they had been ponging
Conditional
I would pong
you would pong
he/she/it would pong
we would pong
you would pong
they would pong
Past Conditional
I would have ponged
you would have ponged
he/she/it would have ponged
we would have ponged
you would have ponged
they would have ponged
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:pong - an unpleasant smell]pong - an unpleasant smell
fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink, mephitis - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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Translations

pong

[pɒŋ] (Brit)
A. N → peste f
B. VI → apestar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pong

[ˈpɒŋ] (British)
n → puanteur f
vi → schlinguer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pong

(Brit inf)
n → Gestank m, → Mief m (inf); there’s a bit of a pong in here → hier stinkts or miefts (inf)
vi → stinken, miefen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pong

[pɒŋ] (Brit) (fam)
1. n → puzzo
2. vi → puzzare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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