gonging
Deep metallic resonance
Gonging is the act of striking a gong, or the sound produced by doing so.
More commonly, it refers to dismissing or rejecting someone abruptly—from the television show *The Gong Show*, where judges struck a gong to cut off bad performers: The committee gonged my proposal before I finished presenting.
Loud metallic sound
- bongWater-filtered smoking apparatus
- ringClosed curve shape
- tollFee for passage
- pealResonant ringing burst
reverberate · echo · boom · strike · knell · vibrate · crash · clash
Sound through impact
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- gamelanIndonesian percussive ensemble
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- timpaniTunable orchestral percussion
cymbal · ensemble · composition · score · conductor · performance · concerto · symphony
Sacred worship structure
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- meditationFocused attention practice
- zenMeditative calm
- sacredWorthy of reverence
monk · shrine · incense · chanting · summons · monastery · prayer · altar
clang
Loud metallic sound
peal · reverberate · echo · boom · strike · knell · vibrate · crash · clash · din
percussion
Sound through impact
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- gamelanIndonesian percussive ensemble
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
timpani · cymbal · ensemble · composition · score · conductor · performance · concerto · symphony · drumstick
temple
Sacred worship structure
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- meditationFocused attention practice
- zenMeditative calm
sacred · monk · shrine · incense · chanting · summons · monastery · prayer · altar · cleansing
announcement
Public declaration of information
alarm · warning · alert · time · rounds · boxing · bell · hour · shift · attention
reverberate
Echo repeatedly, persist
ringing · humming · thrumming · harmonic · timbre · sonorous · frequency · oscillate · decay · waveform
gongingapproving
Expressing favorable judgment
passing · advancing · applauding · endorsing · greenlighting