nong

Probably shortened from ning-nong.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɒŋ/
• (General American, General Australian) IPA^(key): /nɔŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

nong (plural nongs)

1. (slang, Australia, New Zealand) An idiot.
   • 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 126:

     ‘In there, you nong,’ Max said, pointing out a pink-brick home with a 1950s skillion roof.

   • 2008, Michael Panckridge, Hat Trick! Toby Jones, Books 1-3, published 2010, unnumbered page:

     ‘You guys are such nongs! Why would you want to face up to Shoaib Akhtar when you could win a World Cup against the young blond Aussie star at the home of cricket?’

   • 2010, John Dale, editor, Best on Ground: Great Writers on the Greatest Game, unnumbered page:

     […] and spend every second Saturday defiant and one-eyed among the opposition nongs at the Barkly Street end.

nong

1. nonstandard spelling of nóng
2. nonstandard spelling of nǒng
3. nonstandard spelling of nòng

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

nong

1. alternative form of ꯅꯣꯡ (nong)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [nɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nawŋ͡m˧˧]

From Proto-Austroasiatic *kɗoːŋ (“winnowing basket”).

(classifier cái, chiếc) nong • (𥵛)

1. large winnowing basket

   Hypernym: nia

   • 2014 November 17, Lam Hồng, “Ở đâu nong nia, dần sàng...?”, in Báo Nghệ An:

     Ngày xưa chỉ có sân đất, nên nong lớn dùng để phơi lúa, ngô, đậu, vừng và các loại nông sản khác. Nia nhỏ hơn nong, dùng để sảy bụi bặm, vỏ, tạp chất ra ngoài.

     Back in the day, when the only kind of yard available were dirt yards, large nong(s) were used to air out paddies, maizes, beans, seasames, and other kinds of agricultural products. Nia(s) are smaller than nong(s) and were used to winnow out all of the dusts, husks, and other granular materials within.

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nong • (𫓒)

1. to make bigger or larger