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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
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