[
UK
/θˈɒŋ/
]
[ US /ˈθɔŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈθɔŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
- a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband
-
underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants
she wore thongs in her quest for the callipygian ideal
How To Use thong In A Sentence
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- Yes, he generally wore a leather thong to do so. Times, Sunday Times
- I would wear it with hoop earrings and thong sandals that were picked up in Capri beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
- Crosshatch denims, stretch fabrics, chambray denims, and leather thongs are some of the other pieces in the collection.
- Then with a flourish the hands closed the bag with thick leather thongs.
- Now guys can finally step into luxury with this pair of stylish thong sandals.
- Similarly, a study of Tunisian women in Morocco showed that older women categorically use diphthongs /aw/and/aj /, while middle-aged women alternate between diphthongs and monophthongs.
- Foster also designed the office chairs with leather thong seats inspired by Greek vases. Times, Sunday Times
- Taper and skive four thongs, form a loop with the small end of the longest strand, and seize all strands together. THE SHIPPING NEWS
- I learned the word dépanneur 'convenience store'; I heard the affricated d and t; I did not notice the tense/lax vowels or the -tu questions; I did notice the contractions (chais &c) and a feature nobody mentioned in the comments, the raising of nasalized vowels: vent sounded almost like vin (with /æ/ as in hat), and vin had a high [e] and sounded diphthongized ([veiN]) -- in fact, one guy said matin so that it struck my ears as [matiN]. Languagehat.com: MONTREAL 2.
