Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rimmed metal disk that produces a loud, sonorous tone when struck with a padded mallet.
- noun A usually saucer-shaped bell that is struck with a mechanically operated hammer.
- intransitive verb To make the sound of a gong.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
gang . - noun A musical instrument, of Asiatic origin, consisting of a large shallow metallic bowl, made of an alloy of copper and tin, which is struck with a stick having a stuffed leather head.
- noun A stationary bell in the form of a shallow bowl, which is struck with a hammer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A privy or jakes.
- noun [Obs.] a cleaner of privies.
- noun An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise.
- noun (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also
gong bell . - noun an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
percussion instrument consisting of ametal disk that emits asonorous sound whenstruck with asoft hammer . - noun UK (
informal ) Amedal oraward . - verb To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- verb sound a gong
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There's a small explosion of Orc titles gong on there as well.
Health Care Thought jimhines 2010
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Mr. POP: It's - yeah, part - it really helps that I quit smoking at the turn of the century, and the other thing is I do something called Qi gong, which is - it's Chinese yoga, basically, and it's a lot about breathing.
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Focus your mind: Tai chi is derived from qi gong, which is a set of purely meditative and healing exercises.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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A gong, that is, the grandeur and catastrophe of itself, itself which could be only this single peal and the hundred veilleties of its reverberations, but which can and will be more peals, each one an awful singular, a solid shiverer.
Archive 2008-07-01 Lemon Hound 2008
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A gong, that is, the grandeur and catastrophe of itself, itself which could be only this single peal and the hundred veilleties of its reverberations, but which can and will be more peals, each one an awful singular, a solid shiverer.
Good Morning Poetry lovers Lemon Hound 2008
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Focus your mind: Tai chi is derived from qi gong, which is a set of purely meditative and healing exercises.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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Also receiving a gong is the CEO of the UK Debt Management Office at the Treasury.
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Also receiving a gong is the CEO of the UK Debt Management Office at the Treasury.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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The Fall were one of five acts nominated for the gong, which is awarded to "the reissue that is both definitive and beautifully packaged."
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At the time, all officials were living on a comprehensive allowance system called gong-ji-zhi.
WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
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