thong

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noun

Plural noun:

thongs

1.
A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
2.
(Australia, dated, plural normally)(usually in the plural, Australia, dated in US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
2006, Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Thomson, page 108, Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts and T-shirts.
3.
(UK, US)An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.
4.
The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.

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Đồng nghĩa

flip-flopG-stringbutt flossan item of footwear see list in flip-flopan undergarment or swimwear G-string, butt floss

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Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery), from *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (to squeeze, press, pressure).