fong

/fɔŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.00 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

Slang

noun

American usage; Slang

name

"1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Scribner-Simon & Schuster, New York: 1996, p 147. 'Get away from my door or I'll come out and give every one o' ye a good fong in the hole of yeer arse.'"

Borrowed from Cantonese 方 (fong1), 房 (fong4), 馮／冯 (fung4), Taishanese 鄺／邝 (fong1), or other less common Chinese surnames.

Fongs (plural)

fong kong

fong kong Fang Feng Fung Kwong Phong

long wrong along song strong hong kong belong hong-kong dong lifelong jong

Questions

How do you pronounce fong?

The recorded pronunciation is /fɔŋ/.

What does fong mean?

A kick.

Where does fong come from?

Borrowed from Cantonese 方 (fong1), 房 (fong4), 馮／冯 (fung4), Taishanese 鄺／邝 (fong1), or other less common Chinese surnames.

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