Pronunciation: /dɔːŋ/
noun a deep resonant sound, especially of a bell
A1 I heard a loud dong coming from the clock tower.
A2 The dong of the church bell signaled the start of the ceremony.
B1 The dong of the doorbell echoed through the house.
B2 The deep dong of the gong reverberated through the temple.
C1 The low, ominous dong of the bell signaled the approaching storm.
C2 The resonant dong of the grandfather clock filled the room with a sense of time passing.
verb to make a deep resonant sound
A1 I dong the bell to signal the start of the class.
A2 She dongs the gong three times to announce the meditation session.
B1 The town crier dongs the bell every hour to mark the time.
B2 The church bells dong solemnly as the funeral procession passes by.
C1 The grandfather clock dongs loudly throughout the house, marking each hour.
C2 The cathedral bells dong melodiously, echoing through the city streets.
formal The church bell rang with a loud dong, signaling the start of the ceremony.
informal I heard a loud dong coming from the kitchen, I think the pot fell.
slang He's always acting like such a dong, it's annoying.
figurative The sudden realization hit him like a dong to the head.
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