bonging
Deep resonant ringing
Bonging is the sound of a bell or gong—deep, resonant, and prolonged: The clock kept bonging through the night.
It also describes smoking marijuana or other substances through a water pipe (a bong): They spent the afternoon bonging in the basement.
The gerund works as both continuous action and verbal noun.
Melodic bell sound
- tollFee for passage
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- hourlyOnce each sixty minutes
- grandfather clockTall freestanding pendulum timekeeper
tower · Big Ben · carillon · timekeeper · Westminster · quarter-hour · midnight · noon
Urgent warning signal
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- summonsFormal court notification
- callContact by phone
notification · announcement · attention · emergency · siren · knell · ominous · foreboding
gong
Struck metal disc
clang · peal · ring · strike · resonate · vibrate · reverberate · thrum · hum · drone
clang
Loud metallic sound
peal · boom · resonance · vibration · reverberation · echo · sustain · deep · loud · metallic
chime
Melodic bell sound
grandfather clock · tower · Big Ben · carillon · timekeeper · Westminster · quarter-hour · midnight · noon · announce
alarm
Urgent warning signal
call · notification · announcement · attention · emergency · siren · knell · ominous · foreboding · death knell