peng

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/pɛŋ/Singapore[p˭eŋ(˦)]Singapore[p˭ɪŋ(˦)]

noun

A legendary enormous bird.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

peng1

nounpeng (plural pengs)

plural pengs

  1. Chinesehuman sciencesA legendary enormous bird.

    Synonyms: roc

peng2

adjectivepeng (not comparable)
  1. ManglishSinglishattributivenot comparableIced; with ice added.

    Gimme two laksa, one milo peng!

    1992 February 21, HanLin Goh, “touchy subject”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet)
    3 more examples

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

    1992 August 4, Beng Ting, “Malaysian food”, in soc.culture.asean (Usenet)

    *sputters kopi peng across monitor screen*

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

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

    2018 August, Trisha N, quoting Everling Ang, “Ang’s ‘kopi peng’ is worth waiting half an hour for”, in The Star, →OCLC

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adjectivepeng (comparative penger, superlative pengest)

comparative penger · superlative pengest · alternative pengers · alternative leng · alternative lengers · alternative kweng · alternative kwengers

  1. Multicultural London Englishchiefly MTEPhysically or sexually attractive.

    Look at the decors, hello, hola, who is that lengers?

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

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

    2011, “Bulldozers”, in Ancient Future, performed by Cyrus Malachi

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

    2016, “DPMO”, in Gunna Grimes (lyrics), #FingsOnThings, performed by 86

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

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

    I need me a big bat one, that’s a leng 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

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

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

    2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane

    Synonyms: fit, hot, leng, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attracting, attractive

  2. Multicultural London Englishchiefly MTEOf the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

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

    2018 November 12, DigDat, “Air Force (Remix)” ft. K Trap, Krept, and Konan
    2 more examples

    It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that look peng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was not peng at all, it was just hench.

    2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph

    I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!

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

    Synonyms: ace, admirable, amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, badass, broyal, bang on

Peng4

proper nounPeng (plural Pengs)

plural Pengs · alternative P'eng

  1. A surname from Mandarin.

PEng5

nounPEng (plural PEngs)

plural PEngs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of P.Eng. (“professional engineer”).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA legendary enormous bird.

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Origin

peng · noun

  1. Chinese鵬 /鹏
  2. Englishpeng

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 /鹏 (péng).

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peng · adjective

From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”).

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peng · adjective

  1. Cantonese又平又靚 /又平又靓“cheap and also good quality”
  2. Jamaican Creolekushempeng“high-quality marijuana”
  3. Englishpeng

Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include: * From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”). * From a clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute. * From Cantonese 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 major Chinatowns.

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Peng · proper noun

  1. Mandarin彭
  2. EnglishPeng

Borrowed from Mandarin 彭 (Péng).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 彭
  • 彭 (Péng)surname
Czech Pcheng
  • Pchengsurname
French Peng
  • Pengsurname
German Peng
  • Pengsurname
Italian Peng
  • Pengsurname
Korean 펑
  • 펑 (Peong)surname
Portuguese Peng
  • Pengsurname
Russian Пэн
  • Пэн (Pɛn)surname
Spanish Peng
  • Pengsurname
Vietnamese Bành
  • Bànhsurname

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

peng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peng

MLA

“peng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peng. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peng,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peng.

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