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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026gong /gɔŋ, gɑŋ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- Music and Dancea large bronze disk of Asian origin that produces a loud, hollow tone when struck.
- a simple bell struck by an electrically or mechanically operated hammer:a fire gong.
v. [no object]
- to sound;
ring:The alarm gonged.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026gong
(gông, gong),USA pronunciation n.
- Music and Dancea large bronze disk, of Asian origin, having an upturned rim, that produces a vibrant, hollow tone when struck, usually with a stick or hammer that has a padded head.
- a shallow bell sounded by a hammer operated electrically or mechanically:The fire-alarm system will automatically sound the gong.
- Time(in a clock or watch) a rod or wire, either straight or bent into a spiral, on which the time is struck.
- British Termsa medal or military decoration.
v.i.
- to sound as a gong does;
ring, chime, or reverberate.
- Malay, Javanese: any suspended bossed and rimmed gong; presumably imitative
- 1800–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gong /ɡɒŋ/ n - Also called: tam-tam a percussion instrument of indefinite pitch, consisting of a metal platelike disc struck with a soft-headed drumstick
- a rimmed metal disc, hollow metal hemisphere, or metal strip, tube, or wire that produces a note when struck. It may be used to give alarm signals when operated electromagnetically
- a fixed saucer-shaped bell, as on an alarm clock, struck by a mechanically operated hammer
- Brit slang a medal, esp a military one
vb - (intransitive) to sound a gong
- (transitive) (of traffic police) to summon (a driver) to stop by sounding a gong
Etymology: 17th Century: from Malay, of imitative origin
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