gong
IPA: gˈɔŋ
noun
- (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- (Britain, slang) A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor.
- A metal target that emits a sound when it has been hit.
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- (obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.
- (uncountable) A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi.
- (uncountable) An advanced practice that cultivates such energy.
- (Australia, colloquial) Wollongong.
verb
- (intransitive) To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
- (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).
- To warn.
- (Britain, slang, transitive) To give an award or medal to.
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Examples of "gong" in Sentences
- It's the same gong as in the end.
- It is not the gong of the student.
- The gongs are struck with a beater.
- So they continued to practice gong.
- The alarm is a series of gong notes.
- Gong was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Sorry, not sure what is gong on there.
- GONG The gong is used to call upon the forces of Darkness.
- The vilification against Falun Gong, or Falun Gong's response
- I believe the dregs of humanity refers to those persecuting Falun Gong.
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