gong

See also: Gong, gòng, gông, gōng, göng, gǫng, gǒng, gọng, and goŋ

English

Gong (instrument)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1

From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeia.

Noun

gong (plural gongs)

  1. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
  2. (Britain, informal) A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor
Translations

Verb

gong (third-person singular simple present gongs, present participle gonging, simple past and past participle gonged)

  1. (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!
  2. (transitive) To halt or disqualify (a contestant in a talent show) by ringing a gong.
    • 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.

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)

  1. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  2. (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.

Noun

gong

  1. (uncountable) Cultivation energy, which is more powerful than qi
  2. A practice that cultivates such energy.

References

  1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "† gong, n.¹". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.
  2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, n."
  3. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, v.¹" & "go, v."

Dutch

Etymology

From Malay gong.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gong m (plural gongs, diminutive gongetje n)

  1. gong, disc-shaped metal percussion instrument

Indonesian

Noun

gong

  1. (music) a large gong

Malay

Noun

gong (plural gong-gong)

  1. a large gong
  2. sound of a gong

Mandarin

Romanization

gong

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gōng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gǒng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of gòng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Malay gong

Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger, definite plural gongene)

  1. (music) a gong (percussion instrument)

Synonyms

  • gongong

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔŋː/

Etymology 1

From the verb gå

Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger or gongar, definite plural gongene or gongane)

  1. time
    Kor mange gonger hende det?
    How many times did it happen?

See also

Etymology 2

From Malay gong

Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gongar, definite plural gongane)

  1. (music) a gong (percussion instrument)
Synonyms
  • gongong

References

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay gong.

Noun

gong m (plural gongs)

  1. gong

See also

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