bong

bang, pipe à eau

Pipe qui fait passer la fumée dans l’eau, souvent utilisée pour fumer du cannabis.

En anglais simple : A pipe that passes smoke through water, often used for smoking cannabis.

• He bought a glass bong.
• The bong had water in its base.
• They found two bongs beside a bag of cannabis.

Synonymes : water pipe

Expressions courantes : a glass bong, smoke a bong

son de cloche

Son grave produit lorsqu’on frappe une grande cloche.

En anglais simple : A deep sound made when a large bell is struck.

• We heard a loud bong.
• Twelve bongs came from the clock tower.
• The final bong echoed through the empty square.

Synonymes : clang

Expressions courantes : a loud bong, a deep bong

sonner

Produire un son grave et résonnant, comme une grande cloche.

En anglais simple : To make a deep ringing sound, as a large bell does.

• The bell began to bong.
• The old clock bonged six times.
• A church bell was bonging in the distance.

Synonymes : ring, clang

Expressions courantes : bong loudly, bong twelve times