Definitions for gong

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Spelling: [gawng, gong]

IPA: /gɔŋ, gɒŋ/

Gong is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in gong (ggno).

Definitions for gong

noun

1. a 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.
2. a shallow bell sounded by a hammer operated electrically or mechanically:
3. (in a clock or watch) a rod or wire, either straight or bent into a spiral, on which the time is struck.
4. British Slang. a medal or military decoration.

verb (used without object)

1. to sound as a gong does; ring, chime, or reverberate.

Origin of gong

1800-10; Malay, Javanese: any suspended bossed and rimmed gong; presumably imitative

Examples for gong

Sandy promised; and then the gong rang and the boys and girls hurried into the school.

In 2011, the wires were clogged with stories of a potential Peace Prize gong for Julian Assange.

She was tasked by Kofi Annan to be a United Nations Messenger of Peace, an appropriately meaningless, but distinguished, gong.

The sound of a gong within the house floated through the still June air.

Then the priests strike the gong and beat the drum and read from the holy books.

When Jagger finally got his gong in 2002, Prince Charles stood in for his mother.

From below came the clanging of Gaskin's gong announcing dinner.

The performance was hardly completed when the gong rang for supper.

The sound of the gong, seconded by the electrifying and resonant "Aboard!"

Unfortunately the gong was inexpressive of the mood of the person who beat upon it.