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Word entry · 4 letters

gong

Best crossword clue

"Struck metal disk"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɡɒŋ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ggnoStarts with GEnds with G2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Metal percussion instrument struck to make a resonant sound.

Word origin

From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeic.

Used in a sentence

  • Weems picked up the hammer and hit the gong so hard that it spun right around on its hanger and fell off.
  • Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged, no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!
  • 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Struck metal disk4 letters
02Metal percussion disk4 letters

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