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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gong \Gong\, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See {Gang}.] A privy or jakes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Gong farmer}, {Gong man}, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [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
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