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Webster 1913 Edition


Gong

Gong

,
Noun.
[AS.
gong
,
gang
, a going, passage, drain. See
Gang
.]
A privy or jakes.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Gong farmer
,
Gong man
,
a cleaner of privies.
[Obs.]

Gong

,
Noun.
1.
[Malayan (Jav.)
gōng
.]
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.
O’er distant deserts sounds the Tartar
gong
.
Longfellow.
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
.
Gong metal
,
an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gong

GONG

,
Noun.
A privy or jakes.
1.
An instrument made of brass, of a circular form, which the Asiatics strike with a wooden mallet.

Definition 2024


gǒng

gǒng

See also: gong, Gong, gòng, gông, gōng, göng, gọng, and goŋ

Mandarin

Romanization

gǒng (Zhuyin ㄍㄨㄥˇ)

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