How do you use the word "gong" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "gong": The room emptied when the gong for dinner sounded. I won't see that gong anymore.

Gong Meaning

/ɡɒŋ/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.

nounA medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor.

Sentence Examples

The room emptied when the gong for dinner sounded.

I won't see that gong anymore.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

bell

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The monk struck the large brass ____ to begin the ceremony.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The priest struck the large brass ____ to signal the beginning of the meditation ceremony.

Word Origin & History

From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeic.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"All the time six or eight large Chinese gongs were being beaten by the vigorous arms of as many young men, producing such a deafening discord that I was glad to escape to the round house, where I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head." — 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 110:

"This grooming of the national mindset explains the retention of 92 "hereditary peers" in the House of Lords: individuals who are gifted a right to sit in the nation's upper chamber and facilitate laws for no other reason than that their ancestor was the illegitimate child of some prince, or willing to spaff a few quid on the title when David Lloyd Gorge was selling of gongs for bribes." — 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 114:

"Weems picked up the hammer and hit the gong so hard that it spun right around on its hanger and fell off." — 1986, Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic, published 2022, page 184:

"Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged, no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!" — 1903, H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft:

"As she was gonged, host Daryl Somers swept rapidly across and salvaged an embarrassing situation by putting his arm around her and asking her whether she had children." — 1996, Stephanie Holt, Maryanne Lynch, Motherlode:

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