From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
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]
v : sound a gong
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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