GONGED

Verb

gonged

simple past tense and past participle of gong

Anagrams

• nogged

Source: Wiktionary

GONG

Gong, n. Etym: [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.]

Definition: A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]

Gong, n.

1. Etym: [Malayan (Jav.) gong.]

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition