gong
English
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Etymology 1
From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeia.
Noun
gong (plural gongs)
- (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- (British, informal) A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor
Translations
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Verb
gong (third-person singular simple present gongs, present participle gonging, simple past and past participle gonged)
- (intransitive) To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
- 1903, H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft
- Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged, no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!
- 1903, H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft
- (transitive) To send a signal to, using a gong or similar device.
- To halt (originally, a contestant in a talent show; later, a performer, a speaker).
- 1996, Stephanie Holt, Maryanne Lynch, Motherlode
- As she was gonged, host Daryl Somers swept rapidly across and salvaged an embarrassing situation by putting his arm around her and asking her whether she had children.
- 1996, Stephanie Holt, Maryanne Lynch, Motherlode
- To warn.
- The driver gonged the pedestrian crossing the tracks, but the pedestrian didn't stop.
- To halt (originally, a contestant in a talent show; later, a performer, a speaker).
References
The Gong Show on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English gong, from Old English gong, where it was originally a variant of the noun gang (“a going, walk, journey, way, etc.”),[1] derived from the verb gangan (“to go, walk, travel”),[2] whose relation to go in Proto-Germanic remains unclear.[3] Doublet of gang.
Noun
gong (plural gongs)
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- c. 1000 Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, p. 290:
- c. 1400 The Lay Folks Mass Book, Appendix iii, p. 125:
- a. 1513 Robert Fabyan, New Cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce, Vol. II, p. xxxii:
- The Iewe of Tewkysbury which fell into a Gonge vpon the Satyrday.
- a. 1577, George Gascoigne, Grief of Joye, Vol. II, § lxii:
- (obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- (outhouse): gonghouse; see also Thesaurus:bathroom
- (feces): See Thesaurus:feces
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Mandarin 功 (gōng, “merit; achievement”).
Noun
gong
- (uncountable) A kind of cultivation energy, which is more powerful than qi.
- An advanced practice, that cultivates such energy.
References
Drung
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body; back”)
Noun
gong
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gong m (plural gongs, diminutive gongetje n)
- gong, disc-shaped metal percussion instrument
Indonesian
Noun
gong (first-person possessive gongku, second-person possessive gongmu, third-person possessive gongnya)
- (music) a large gong
Jingpho
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body; back”)
Noun
gong
Malay
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gong (plural gong-gong, informal 1st possessive gongku, 2nd possessive gongmu, 3rd possessive gongnya)
- a large gong
- sound of a gong
Mandarin
Romanization
gong
- Nonstandard spelling of gōng.
- Nonstandard spelling of gǒng.
- Nonstandard spelling of gòng.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger, definite plural gongene)
Synonyms
References
- “gong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the verb gå
Noun
gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger or gongar, definite plural gongene or gongane)
- time
- Kor mange gonger hende det?
- How many times did it happen?
- Kor mange gonger hende det?
See also
- gang (Bokmål)
Etymology 2
Noun
gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gongar, definite plural gongane)
Synonyms
References
- “gong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
gong m (plural gongs)
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