(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. / (Britain, slang) A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor.

(intransitive) 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.

(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. / (obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.

(uncountable) A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi. / (uncountable) An advanced practice that cultivates such energy.

simple past tense and past participle of gong

present participle of gong

The sounding of a gong.

plural of gonging

(obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

(Australia, colloquial) Wollongong.