thong
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thong¹
- /θɒŋ/ UK
- /θɔŋ/ US
- /θɑŋ/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒŋ
Where it comes from
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”), Swedish tving (“clamp”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
noun thongs
- A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
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An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.
Similar: list in flip-flop
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An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.
Similar: G-string, butt floss
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Thong²
proper noun Thongs
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lash, underwear, strap, string, rawhide, whiplash, strip, strings, chong, yh, thongage, lanier, fall, brace, t-back, lingel
Translations
Every language
noun leather strip
| Español | correa |
|---|---|
| Português | tira de couro |
| Français | lanière |
| Deutsch | Lederriemen |
| Italiano | cinghia, correggia, laccio |
| Русский | реме́нь reménʹ |
| العربية | سَيْر sayr |
noun footwear
| Español | chancleta, calipso, chola, hawaiana, ojota, sayonara |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 슬리퍼 seullipeo, 쓰레빠 sseureppa, 조리 jori, 쪼리 jjori, 플립플롭 peullip'peullop |
| 日本語 | ビーチサンダル bīchi sandaru, フリップフロップ furippu-furoppu |
| 中文 | 人字拖 rénzìtuō |
| Kiswahili | kandambili |
| Português | chinelo, chinelo de dedo, sandália japonesa, sandália havaiana |
| Français | tong, clic-clac, gougoune, tapette, claquette |
| Deutsch | Flipflop, Badelatschen |
| Italiano | infradito, ciabatta |
| Ελληνικά | σαγιονάρα sagionára |
| Română | șlap |
| Русский | вьетна́мки vʹjetnámki, сла́нцы sláncy, шлёпанцы šljópancy |
| Tiếng Việt | dép, dép tông, dép lào |
| العربية | زَنُّوبَة zannūba, شِبْشِب šibšib |
| עברית | כפכפים kafkafim |
Talk about this word "thong." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thong. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thong. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thong "thong." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thong.Cite this
@misc{thong_2026,
title = {thong},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thong},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
