gong
/ɡɔŋ/ verb C2- To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
- To halt (originally, a contestant in a talent show; later, a performer, a speaker).
- To warn. · The driver gonged the pedestrian crossing the tracks, but the pedestrian didn't stop.
He/she/it gongs · Past gonged · Past participle gonged · -ing form gonging
Verb forms
- Base form
- gong
- He/she/it
- gongs
- Past
- gonged
- Past participle
- gonged
- -ing form
- gonging
From the library
As Rikki-tikki went up the path, he heard his “attention” notes like a tiny dinner gong, and then the steady “Ding-dong-tock!
Bertuccio!” cried he, striking a light hammer with a pliant handle on a small gong.
Ali,” cried he, striking at the same time on the brazen gong.
As the hand of the clock pointed to five the count struck thrice upon his gong.
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