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From romanizations of theMandarin pronunciation ofChinese鵬 /鹏(péng).

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋ/

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• Rhymes:-ɛŋ

peng (pluralpengs)

1. (Chinesemythology) Alegendaryenormousbird.

   Synonym:roc

FromHokkien冰 (peng, “ice”).

• (Singapore)IPA^(key): [p˭eŋ(˦)],(some speakers)[p˭ɪŋ(˦)]

peng (notcomparable)

1. (Manglish, Singlish, chiefly attributive, of a drink)Iced; withice added.
   • 1992 February 21, HanLin Goh, “touchy subject”, insoc.culture.asean (Usenet):

     Gimme two laksa, one milopeng!

   • 1992 August 4, Beng Ting, “Malaysian food”, insoc.culture.asean (Usenet):

     Mamak, give me a "capati", extra large, bawang banyak-banyak; one ice kacang, two milopeng, tiga teh tarik...

   • 2005 May 14, Ir. Liew, “Re: XX Pc User 2 - usb2COM.jpg”, intmnet.communities (Usenet):

     *sputters kopipeng across monitor screen*

   • 2018 August, Trisha N, quoting Everling Ang, “Ang’s ‘kopi peng’ is worth waiting half an hour for”, inThe Star‎^[1],→OCLC:

     I make various types of hot and cold drinks but the most popular is my kopipeng.

• Alwayspostpositive, as inteh tarik peng ("icedteh tarik").

Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include:

• FromJamaican Creolekushempeng(“high-quality marijuana”).^[1]
• From aclipping ofpenguin(“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute.^[1]
• FromCantonese又平又靚 /又平又靓(jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³,“cheap and also good quality”), see also平靚正 /平靓正(peng⁴ leng³ zeng³,“low cost, high quality”), often heard from hawkers in majorChinatowns.(Canthis⁽⁺⁾ etymology besourced?)

• pengers,leng,lengers,kweng,kwengers

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋ/

peng (comparativepenger,superlativepengest)

1. (chiefly MTE, MLE)Physically orsexuallyattractive.

   Synonyms:fit,hot,leng;see alsoThesaurus:attractive,Thesaurus:sexy

   • 2011, “Bulldozers”, inAncient Future, performed by Cyrus Malachi:

     Spread your chick like a centrefold / 'Cause she'spenger than a scented rose.

   • 2016, “DPMO”, in Gunna Grimes (lyrics),#FingsOnThings, performed by86:

     I link for thepeng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud

   • 2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”‎^[2]performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:

     I see apeng girl, then I pose (chillin') / If she ain't on it, I ghost

   • 2020 October 23, Triggy, “Po’style”,1:57–02:01:

     Look at the decors, hello, hola, who is thatlengers?

   • 2021 February 2, #CHR​ W2rksy x DB, “No Cap”,1:13–1:16 and 1:59–2:08:

     I need me a big bat one, that’s aleng ting […]
     Baby, baby, hold it down, why not waste, back side brown, no panties under that gown, golden brown,peng, leng, hold that skeng, bad b come link me a ten

   • 2023,Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed byRaine Allen-Miller,Rye Lane:

     Dom (David Jonsson): You know, you're very—
     Yas (Vivian Oparah):Peng? Refreshingly disarming?
     Dom: You ask a lot of questions.

2. (chiefly MTE, MLE) Of the highestquality;excellent;splendid.

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:excellent

   • 2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, inThe Daily Telegraph‎^[3]:

     It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that lookpeng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was notpeng at all, it was just hench.

   • 2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips,Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:

     I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of thatjollof ispeng right now my dawg!

   • 2018 November 12,DigDat, “Air Force (Remix)”‎^[4] ft. K Trap, Krept, and Konan:

     I just hit two cells with my right hand
     Peng bujj got my fiends all coughing

• (of the highest quality):peng ting

FromMalaykeping, perhaps throughBatakhepeng.

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peng

1. money

FromLatinpignus.^[1]

peng m (pluralpengje,definitepengu,definite pluralpengjet)

1. (law)pledge,pawn
2. hostage
3. feeling of regret, unfulfilled desire, wishful thinking
4. (figurative) token of assurance

• pengcë

• päng

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): [pɛŋ]

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peng

1. bang(a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)

• “peng” inDuden online
• “peng” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From anonomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root +-g(“frequentative suffix”).^[1] Comparependül.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛŋɡ]

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• Hyphenation:peng
• Rhymes:-ɛŋɡ

peng

1. (intransitive) toring,jingle,clink (to give out a loud, resonant sound as when striking together two pieces of metal)
2. (intransitive, of musical instrument) totwang

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• peng in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.

peng

1. nonstandard spelling ofpēng
2. nonstandard spelling ofpéng
3. nonstandard spelling ofpěng
4. nonstandard spelling ofpèng

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋː/

peng m (definite singularpengen,indefinite pluralpengar,definite pluralpengane)

1. alternative form ofpenge

FromOld Norsepeningr andpengr. Ultimately fromProto-Germanic*panningaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛŋː/

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• Rhymes:-ɛŋː

peng c

1. acoin
2. (chiefly in theplural)money

   Du ska få enpeng när du fyller.

   You'll get money for your birthday.

   Nyutbildade får ingapengar till semester.

   Graduates get no money for vacation.

   Pengarna eller livet!

   The money or your life!

• The first sample sentence (Du ska få en peng) gives evidence of a rare exception where the singular ofpeng is used to mean money, and not a coin. Another example isveckopeng/månadspeng, meaning weekly/monthly allowance. However, compounds are formed with the ancient plural genitivepenga-.

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• peng inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• peng inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• peng inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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