bong n.1
(US drugs, a kind of bowl- or cylinder-shaped water-pipe used for smoking marijuana (the specifics vary as to the maker); thus Aus.) bongineering, bongology, the construction of such pipes; bong hit, a puff on such a pipe.
![]() | Marijuana Rev. Jan.–June 18: Many thanks to Scott Bennett [...] for the beautiful special bong he made for my pipe collection. | |
![]() | Puberty Blues 97: We smoked the dope in a bong. This is a kind of peace pipe made from a milk bottle with two bits of garden hose stuck in the neck. You stuffed one hose with marijuana, lit it and dragged furiously on the other. | |
![]() | Bk of Jargon 339: bhong: A pipe for smoking marijuana. | |
![]() | Tracks (Aus.) Dec. 3: In those three years [of smoking cannabis] I have never, ever cringed for a bong [Moore 1993]. | |
![]() | Spidertown (1994) 138: He was going to roll a joint, but she suggested using Firebug’s bong. | |
![]() | Mud Crab Boogie (2013) [ebook] Warren and Debbie were [...] pulling cones from a bong on the coffee table while they tore into about a gallon of vodka. | |
![]() | Reach 83: I bump into [...] a man I’ve never met before doing bong hits on the kitchen floor. | |
![]() | Stoners’ Dict. 🌐 Bongo [AU] – Alternative term to bong. | |
![]() | Peepshow [ebook] Her wizard-shaped bong was absent from its usual place on the coffee table. | |
![]() | Urban Grimshaw 84: Two teenage girls were [...] smoking from a homemade bong. | |
![]() | Knockemstiff 89: Porter fired up the bong. | ‘Lard’ in|
![]() | Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Bentley took a hit from his bong. | ‘Underhooks’ in|
![]() | ‘First Dog on the Moon’ in crikey.com.au 2 July 🌐 I went to this party this one time and there were 15 bongs there at once. | |
![]() | Panopticon (2013) 288: He passes me a wee bong [...] I drag hard on it — and my spine goes numb. | |
![]() | ‘The Hurt Business’ in ThugLit July [ebook] A pyramid of Budweiser cans on the kitchen table. A bong next to it. | |
![]() | Squeeze Me 45: He kept a bong hidden in his office. |
In compounds
a habitual smoker of cannabis.
![]() | Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 24 Sept. 🌐 No, I am not a zol monkey. This is not a throwdown from a bonghead. |
In phrases
(Aus.) to smoke a bong.
![]() | 1st Aus. Dict. Vulgarities & Obscenities n.p.: Bong. A water pipe for smoking marijuana. To indulge in this habit is to bong on. | |
![]() | Sydney Morn. Herald 12 Sept. 🌐 With the new ingredient available for slicing, dicing and baking, we predict lamington drives will be far more exciting. Bong on, ladies. |