thong
Meanings
Plural: thongs
Noun
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants
- "she wore thongs in her quest for the callipygian ideal"
- a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
- 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
- a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
- A strip of leather.
- An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
- An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
Synonyms
butt floss, flip-flop, G-string, lash, list in flip-flop
Scrabble Score: 9
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