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.
[1913 Webster]
O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
--Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from
which Oriental gongs are made.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "gong":
battery, bell, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes,
chink, church bell, clang, clangor, clank, clapper, clappers,
clink, cowbell, crash cymbal, cymbals, ding, dingdong, dinner bell,
dinner gong, dong, doorbell, finger cymbals, fire bell, gamelan,
glockenspiel, gong bell, hand bell, handbells, idiophone, jangle,
jingle, jingle bell, jinglejangle, knell, lyra, maraca, marimba,
metallophone, orchestral bells, passing bell, peal, percussion,
percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, rattle,
rattlebones, ring, ring changes, sacring bell, sheepbell, sizzler,
sleigh bell, snappers, sound, sound a knell, tam-tam,
telephone bell, ting, tingle, tink, tinkle, tintinnabula,
tintinnabulate, tintinnabulum, toll, tongue, tonitruone, triangle,
tubular bells, vibes, vibraphone, xylophone
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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