'Gong' definitions:
Definition of 'gong'
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Definition of 'Gong'
From: GCIDE
- Gong \Gong\, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.] A privy or jakes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gong'
From: GCIDE
- Gong \Gong\, n.
- 1. [Malayan (Jav.) g[=o]ng.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (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. [1913 Webster]
- Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gong'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- battery,
- bell,
- bells,
- bones,
- castanets,
- celesta,
- chime,
- chimes,
- chink,
- church bell,
- clang,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clapper,
- clappers,
- clink,
- cowbell,
- crash cymbal,
- cymbals,
- ding,
- dingdong,
- dinner bell,
- dinner gong,
- dong,
- doorbell,
- finger cymbals,
- fire bell,
- gamelan,
- glockenspiel,
- gong bell,
- hand bell,
- handbells,
- idiophone,
- jangle,
- jingle,
- jingle bell,
- jinglejangle,
- knell,
- lyra,
- maraca,
- marimba,
- metallophone,
- orchestral bells,
- passing bell,
- peal,
- percussion,
- percussion instrument,
- percussions,
- percussive,
- rattle,
- rattlebones,
- ring,
- ring changes,
- sacring bell,
- sheepbell,
- sizzler,
- sleigh bell,
- snappers,
- sound,
- sound a knell,
- tam-tam,
- telephone bell,
- ting,
- tingle,
- tink,
- tinkle,
- tintinnabula,
- tintinnabulate,
- tintinnabulum,
- toll,
- tongue,
- tonitruone,
- triangle,
- tubular bells,
- vibes,
- vibraphone,
- xylophone