Thong

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thong \Thong\, n. [OE. thong, [thorn]wong, thwang, AS.
     [thorn]wang; akin to Icel. [thorn]vengr a thong, latchet.
     [root]57. Cf. {Twinge}.]
     A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening
     anything.
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           And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields,
           provide.                                 --Dryden.
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     {Thong seal} (Zool.), the bearded seal. See the Note under
        {Seal}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thong
       n 1: leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip [syn: {lash}]
       2: a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "thong":
     belt, blacksnake, braid, brail, bullwhack, bullwhip, cable, cat,
     cord, cowhide, crop, flagellum, horsewhip, knout, kurbash, lash,
     ligament, ligation, ligature, line, quirt, rawhide, razor strap,
     rope, scourge, sjambok, spun yarn, strap, string, tendon, twine,
     twist, whip, whiplash, wire, yarn