Pong is a strong, unpleasant smell: There's a terrible pong coming from the fridge.
Chiefly British.
As a verb, to pong is to stink: Those trainers really pong.
Separately, Pong was an early video game simulating table tennis, released in 1972—one of the first commercially successful arcade games.
1. stench — stink, Offensive smell; reek (Emit strong odor); whiff (Brief, faint smell); smell (Olfactory perception); funk · foul · putrid · rank · pungent · stinky · smelly · nose · odor · malodor
2. arcade — joystick, Tilting lever for control; paddle (Flat-bladed water tool); pixel (Smallest display unit); 8-bit (Vintage computing standard); retro · cabinet · coin-op · highscore · console · videogame · knob · beep · bloop · score
3. game — paddle, Flat-bladed water tool; ball (Spherical plaything or gala); table (Horizontal furniture surface); net (Final amount remaining); spin · rally · serve · backhand · forehand · smash · lob · slice · topspin · volley
Opposites
olfactory pleasantnesspong ≠ fragrance Pleasing olfactory quality; perfume · aroma · scent · bouquet · sweet smell
olfactory intensitypong ≠ odorlessness Lacking any smell; freshness · fresh air
Phrases
ping pong (Miniature tennis indoors); ping pong balls (Hollow plastic game spheres); beer pong (Table ball-tossing drinking game); ping pong table (Indoor racket game surface); ping pong paddle (Table tennis implement); beer pong table (Surface for drinking game)
Categories
smell: smell, scent, odor, reek, aroma; video games: video games, gameplay, Fortnite, mobile game, arcade; smells: smell, aroma, scent, fragrance, perfume; mahjong: tiles, hand, meld, melds, chow; IRC: IRC, channels, nick, join, part; bar games: darts, pool, billiards, shuffleboard, foosball
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- Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G