Found 4 items, similar to Gong.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: gong
gong, penabuh, titir
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: gong
gong
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gong
gong
n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is
struck with a soft-headed drumstick [syn:
tam-tam]
2: a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes
of different lengths that are struck with a hammer [syn:
chime,
bell]
gong
v : sound a gong
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gong
Gong
\Gong\, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See
Gang.]
A privy or jakes. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gong farmer,
Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]
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Gong
\Gong\, n.
1. [Malayan (Jav.) g[=o]ng.] An instrument, first used in the
East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a
disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a
harsh and resounding noise.
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O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
--Longfellow.
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2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a
small hammer which is connected with it by various
mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls
or alarms; -- called also
gong bell.
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Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from
which Oriental gongs are made.
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