gong
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Etymology 1Edit
From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeia.
NounEdit
gong (plural gongs)
- (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- (Britain, informal) A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
gong (third-person singular simple present gongs, present participle gonging, simple past and past participle gonged)
- (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!
- 1903, H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft
- (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).
- 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.
- 1996, Stephanie Holt, Maryanne Lynch, Motherlode
- To warn.
- The driver gonged the pedestrian crossing the tracks, but the pedestrian didn't stop.
- To halt (originally, a contestant in a talent show; later, a performer, a speaker).
ReferencesEdit
The Gong Show on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2Edit
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.
NounEdit
gong (plural gongs)
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- c. 1000, Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, p. 290:
- c. 1400, The Lay Folks Mass Book, Appendix iii, p. 125:
- a. 1513, Robert Fabyan, New Cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce, Vol. II, p. xxxii:
- The Iewe of Tewkysbury which fell into a Gonge vpon the Satyrday.
- a. 1577,, George Gascoigne, Grief of Joye, Vol. II, § lxii:
- (obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.
Alternative formsEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (outhouse): gonghouse; see also Thesaurus:bathroom
- (feces): See Thesaurus:feces
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Mandarin 功 (“merit; achievement”).
NounEdit
gong
- (uncountable) A kind of cultivation energy, which is more powerful than qi.
- An advanced practice, that cultivates such energy.
ReferencesEdit
DrungEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gong m (plural gongs, diminutive gongetje n)
- gong, disc-shaped metal percussion instrument
IndonesianEdit
NounEdit
gong (plural gong-gong, first-person possessive gongku, second-person possessive gongmu, third-person possessive gongnya)
- (music) a large gong
JingphoEdit
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
gong (plural gong-gong, informal 1st possessive gongku, impolite 2nd possessive gongmu, 3rd possessive gongnya)
- a large gong
- sound of a gong
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
gong
Usage notesEdit
- 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 BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger, definite plural gongene)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “gong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From the verb gå
NounEdit
gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger or gongar, definite plural gongene or gongane)
- time
- Kor mange gonger hende det?
- How many times did it happen?
- Kor mange gonger hende det?
See alsoEdit
- gang (Bokmål)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gongar, definite plural gongane)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “gong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.