pong

Meanings

1. A stench, a bad smell.

1. To stink, to smell bad.
2. To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it.
3. To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.

1. A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.

1. Alternative form of pung.

1. An early video game from Atari, resembling ping-pong, in which two players control paddles and attempt to intercept a ball.

Etymology

Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”).