Saterland Frisian

Noun

Gong m

1. passage; course
2. passageway; corridor; hallway

Derived terms

• Foargong
• Foutgong
• Iengong
• Jiergong
• Kjuusgong
• Seegong
• Tougong
• Unnergong
• Uumgong
• Uurgong
• Uutgong

English

Noun

gong ‎(plural gongs)

1. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
2. (Britain, informal) A medal or award.

Translations

Verb

gong ‎(third-person singular simple present gongs, present participle gonging, simple past and past participle gonged)

1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
   • 1903, H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft

     Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged, no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!

2. (transitive) To halt or disqualify (a contestant in a talent show) by ringing a gong.
   • 1996, Stephanie Holt, ‎Maryanne Lynch, Motherlode

     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.

Etymology 2

From Old English, where it was originally a variant of the noun gang ‎(“a going, walk, journey, way, etc.”),^[1] derived from the verb gang ‎(“to go, walk, travel”),^[2] whose relation to go in Proto-Germanic remains unclear.^[3]

Noun

gong ‎(plural gongs)

1. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
   • c. 1000, Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, p. 290:

     Þaða he to gange com.

   • c. 1400, The Lay Folks Mass Book, Appendix iii, p. 125:

     I knoweleche to the that ther nys no goonge more stynkynge thenne my soule is.

   • a. 1513, Robert Fabyan, New Cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce, Vol. II, p. xxxii:

     The Iewe of Tewkysbury which fell into a Gonge vpon the Satyrday.

   • a. 1577,, George Gascoigne, Grief of Joye, Vol. II, § lxii:

     A stately Toye, a preciows peece of pellfe,
     A gorgeous gong, a worthles painted wall...

2. (obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: ****.

Alternative forms

• gang, gonge, goonge, goung, gounge, gung, gunge

Synonyms

• (outhouse): gonghouse; see also Wikisaurus:bathroom
• (feces): See Wikisaurus:feces

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "† gong, n.¹". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.
2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, n."
3. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, v.¹" & "go, v."

Dutch

Etymology

From Malay gong.

Noun

gong m ‎(plural gongs, diminutive gongetje n)

1. gong, disc-shaped metal percussion instrument

Malay

Noun

gong

1. a large gong
2. sound of a gong

Mandarin

Romanization

gong

1. Nonstandard spelling of gōng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gǒng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gòng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Malay

Noun

gong m ‎(definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger, definite plural gongene)

1. (music) a gong (percussion instrument)

Synonyms

• gongong

References

• “gong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb gå

Noun

gong m ‎(definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger, definite plural gongene)

1. time

   Kor mange gonger hende det?

   How many times did it happen?

See also

• gang (in Bokmål)

Etymology 2

From Malay gong

Noun

gong m ‎(definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gongar, definite plural gongane)

1. (music) a gong (percussion instrument)

Synonyms

• gongong

References

• “gong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

gong m ‎(plural gongs)

1. gong