GONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gong mean? 

• GONG (noun)
  The noun GONG has 2 senses:

1. a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick

2. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

  Familiarity information: GONG used as a noun is rare.

• GONG (verb)
  The verb GONG has 1 sense:

1. sound a gong

  Familiarity information: GONG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gong; tam-tam

Hypernyms ("gong" is a kind of...):

percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)

Derivation:

gong (sound a gong)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bell; chime; gong

Hypernyms ("gong" is a kind of...):

percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gong"):

carillon (set of bells hung in a bell tower)

handbell (a bell that is held in the hand)

Derivation:

gong (sound a gong)

• GONG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sound a gong

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "gong" is one way to...):

sound (cause to sound)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gong (a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument)

gong (a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick)

 Context examples 

When the gong awoke him for luncheon, he was irritated that he must awaken.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

At last the uproar died away in three last, measured throbs, and ere their echo had ceased the Abbot struck a small gong which summoned a lay-brother to his presence.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The terrific gong was a frying-pan, hanging on the wall, that rattled and clattered with each leap of the ship.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She struck a gong upon the table, and I was shown out by the page.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could see that the unfortunate doctor was in the last stage of indecision, from which he was rescued by the deep, sonorous voice of the red-bearded Duke, which boomed out like a dinner-gong.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As I reached the limit of my swing and prepared to rush back on the counter swing, a great gong struck and thundered.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The car started with a great clanging of its gong, and, as Jimmy's gang drove off the last assailants, they, too, jumped off to finish the job.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The gong thundered more frequently and more furiously.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The train pulled in to Sixteenth Street Station, and the waiting electric car could be seen, the conductor of which was impatiently clanging the gong.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Gongs sounded on the Martinez.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)