Gong
[gɒŋ] or [ɡɑŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick.
(verb.) sound a gong.
Typist: Paul--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A privy or jakes.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
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Definition
n. a Chinese instrument of percussion made of a mixture of metals and shaped into a basin-like form flat and large with a rim a few inches deep.
Typist: Ralph
Unserious Contents or Definition
To hear the sound of a gong while dreaming, denotes false alarm of illness, or loss will vex you excessively.
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Examples
- When they were not seasick they were uncommonly prompt when the dinner-gong sounded. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sound the gong, draw up the curtain, and enter the two conspiraytors. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The gong sounded for the luncheon. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was an appropriate relief when the gong sounded for prayer meeting. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She was pressing the children with questions, so that they should know all they were to know, by the time the gong went. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Judy, with a gong-like clash and clatter, sets one of the sheet-iron tea-trays on the table and arranges cups and saucers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At seven bells the first gong rang; at eight there was breakfast, for such as were not too seasick to eat it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Since they try to frighten wild animals or their enemies by shrieks, beating of gongs, brandishing of weapons, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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