English
thong
see also: Thong
Pronunciation Noun

thong (plural thongs)

  1. A strip of leather.
  2. (usually, in the plural, Australia, US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
    • 1964, The Beach Boys, All Summer Long
      T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).
    • 2006, Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Thomson, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=B3jLCYTl8GIC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=%22thong%22|%22thongs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=TG3xwcFguH&sig=0GRl0y-_iiNIIUlYrGLZptufxN4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NH2CUPrqAa-ViAesh4DgDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22thong%22|%22thongs%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 108],
      Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts and T-shirts.
    • 2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney, Lonely Planet, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lefJBm4Jk7cC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=%22thong%22|%22thongs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=M5OMVHwoHW&sig=DJX1gA76W7xi3F1E0RhluL7PHSQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NH2CUPrqAa-ViAesh4DgDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22thong%22|%22thongs%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 126],
      You shouldn′t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you′ve splashed $5000 on daddy′s credit card.
  3. (UK, US, New Zealand) An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
    No! I won't buy you a thong. You're too young for that.
  4. The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Synonyms
  • (an item of footwear) see list in flip-flop
  • (an undergarment or swimwear) G-string, butt floss
Translations Translations
Thong
Proper noun
  1. Surname


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