thong
pronunciation
How to pronounce thong in British English:
UK [θɒŋ]
How to pronounce thong in American English:
US [θɔŋ]
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- Noun:
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
Word Origin
- thong
- thong: [OE] Etymologically, a thong is something that ‘binds’ up. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *thwangg-, which also produced German zwang ‘constraint’. In the Old English period it was thwong; it began to lose its w in the 13th century.
- thong (n.)
- Old English þwong, þwang "narrow strip of leather" (used as a cord, band, strip, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *thwang- (cognates: Old Norse þvengr), from PIE root *twengh- "to press in on, to restrain" (cognates: Old English twengan "to pinch, squeeze"). As a kind of sandal, first attested 1965; as a kind of bikini briefs, 1990.
Example
- 1. He fastened the dog to the post with a thong .
- 2. I 've also switched your underwear to a thong .
- 3. Our driver is wearing a thong .
- 4. A woman this big , wearing a thong ?
- 5. Donald pliner womens fig black thong wedge sandals 8 .