gong.
A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.
Meaning & usage
A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.
A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor.
A metal target that emits a sound when it has been hit.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Malay gong (possibly onomatopoeic).
To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
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 send a signal to, using a gong or similar device. To warn.
The driver gonged the pedestrian crossing the tracks, but the pedestrian didn't stop.
To give an award or medal to.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Malay gong (possibly onomatopoeic).
An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gong, from Old English gong, where it was originally a variant of the noun gang (“a going, walk, journey, way, etc.”), derived from the verb gangan (“to go, walk, travel”), whose relation to go in Proto-Germanic remains unclear. Doublet of gang.
A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi.
An advanced practice that cultivates such energy.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 功 (gōng, “merit; achievement”).
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