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noun ngs · NG

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of newsgroup I honestly don't think ASHers are particularly well served by having their stuff hauled on to the religion ngs *very wry grin*

Ng²

  • /əŋ/
  • /ʌŋ/
  • /ɪŋ/
  • /ɛŋ/
  • [ŋ̍]
  • [ŋ̍] Hong Kong
  • [m̩] Hong Kong
  • [nɐŋ] Philippines
  • [(ʔ)əŋ] Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

Rhymes with -ʌŋ, -ɪŋ, -ɛŋ

Where it comes from

From various Chinese surnames, including:

* Hokkien 黃 /黄 (N̂g)

* Cantonese 吳 /吴 (ng⁴) and 伍 (ng⁵)

The Philippine pronunciation is influenced by Tagalog ng.

proper noun Ngs

  1. A surname from Hokkien
  2. A surname from Cantonese

NG³

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

* no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

noun NGs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of natural gas
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin).
  3. Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of newsgroup Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of narrow gauge
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of necrotizing gingivitis
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria that causes gonorrhea Pharyngeal NG infections can contribute to the sustained transmission of gonorrhea as pharyngeal infections are often asymptomatic, can persists, and remain undiagnosed.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of no good or no go For instance M'Auley's down there: n. g. as position. Of course if they ran a tramline along the North Circular from the cattle market to the quays value would go up like a shot.

    Similar: 🆖

  2. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of nasogastric
  3. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of next-generation

proper noun

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Newgrounds
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Geographic
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of New Guinea

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vl, relax, abp, quinn, grik, syslog, bad, poor, substandard, defective, flawed, inadequate, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, unacceptable, inferior

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noun (petrochemistry) natural gas

FrançaisGN (gaz naturel)

noun (Internet) newsgroup

FrançaisNG

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"ng." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ng. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ng. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ng

Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{ng_2026,
  title = {ng},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ng},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}