Bonging

/ˈbɔŋɪŋ/ verb

Definition

Present participle of 'bong'; the action of making a deep, hollow sound like that of a large drum or bell.

Etymology

Present participle of 'bong,' an onomatopoetic verb. The '-ing' suffix converts the verb to its continuous or noun form.

Kelly Says

The sound of bonging is so distinctive that one word captures it across multiple languages—it's the kind of universal sound that humans instinctively recognized before any one culture named it.

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