Definitions for thongs

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thongs thong

Spelling: [thawng, thong]

IPA: /θɔŋ, θɒŋ/

Thongs is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in thongs (ghnost).

Definitions for thongs

noun

1. a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
2. a strip of leather or hide used for whipping; whiplash.
3. a shoe or slipper fastened to the foot chiefly by a strip of leather or other material passing between the first and second toes and often attaching to another strip of material, as a strap across the instep or around the ankle.
4. a brief garment for the lower body that exposes the buttocks, consisting of a strip of fabric passing between the thighs and attached to a band around the waist.

Origin of thongs

before 950; Middle English; Old English thwong; akin to Old Norse thvengr strap, thvinga to compel

Examples for thongs

He sat down beside White Fang, holding the end of the thong in his hand.

When he turns around, he revealed an American flag worn like a thong.

The thong was cut across, diagonally, almost as clean as though done by a knife.

The replica is part of a set that also includes an equally bejeweled Dream Angels thong cashing in at $58.

Pass me the thong of buckskin, Uncas, and let me take the length of this foot.

Then the end of the thong was given over to him by Grey Beaver.

Kingozi dropped his glasses to the end of its thong with a cheer.

Many of the shots show topless girls in thong bikinis consorting with VIPs, some in compromising positions.

For them, showing their hair is the equivalent of strolling down the street in nothing but a thong.

At one end there was a thong with a loop in it, and it smelled of tiger.