ドン — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bang noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
- dit noun In Morse code, the short signal represented by a dot (as opposed to a "dah").
- don noun A senior member of the teaching staff at a British university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.
- dong noun The basic unit of currency in Vietnam.
- ton noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
Senses
ドン is used for these senses in English:
- bang A sudden percussive noise.
- dit The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
- don A mafia boss.
- metric ton (chiefly, _, US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
- ton Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
bang — full definition
- noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
- verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
- noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).
dit — full definition
- noun In Morse code, the short signal represented by a dot (as opposed to a "dah").
- verb A dialect word (Scots and northern English) meaning to block or close up an opening.