Thesaurus: gong

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1. n. A privy or jakes.
2. n. 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.
3. n. 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.
4. n. a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
5. n. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
6. v. sound a gong
7. A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.] 1. Etym: [Malayan (Jav.) gong.] 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.
8. A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, acleaner of privies. [Obs.]
9. v:5/n:95 n. a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick v. sound a gong