THONG
What does "THONG" mean?
A narrow strip of leather or cloth used as a fastening, strap, or minimal garment.
Meanings
- A narrow strip of leather or other material used as a lace, strap, or whip. He bound the bundle with a leather thong.
- A garment or undergarment with a thin strip passing between the buttocks. The swimsuit had a thong back.
- A flat sandal held on by a strap between the toes, chiefly in Australian and older American usage. She kicked off her thongs at the beach. informal
Did you know?
- Tell an Australian you lost a thong on the beach and they'll picture a rubber sandal - in Australian English, 'thongs' are flip-flops.
Word origin
From Old English 'þwong', 'þwang' (a narrow strip of leather), from Proto-Germanic '*þwangiz', related to a root meaning 'to constrain' or 'bind'.
Remember it
THONG is a long thin strip, and the word itself is just 'thin' stretched into one long syllable.
A little poem
A single strip, a sandal, or a strap-
one word the cultures fold a different map.
couplet
Wordplay
- An Aussie and an American argued about thongs for an hour before realizing they were standing in different rooms entirely.
What it teaches
One word can mean a sandal in Sydney and something else in New York; context, not spelling, carries the meaning.
Quick facts
What does THONG mean?
A narrow strip of leather or cloth used as a fastening, strap, or minimal garment.
Is THONG a valid word?
Yes — THONG is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is THONG?
THONG has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does THONG come from?
From Old English 'þwong', 'þwang' (a narrow strip of leather), from Proto-Germanic '*þwangiz', related to a root meaning 'to constrain' or 'bind'.
What can THONG teach us?
One word can mean a sandal in Sydney and something else in New York; context, not spelling, carries the meaning.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.