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gong

Percussion instrument originating in ancient China, consisting of a round sheet of metal with a turned-up rim. It is struck with a hammer, which may be covered with any of a range of materials, according to the quality of sound required. A large gong is also called a tam-tam.


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The 4,366 fans were merciless, gonging all three contestants.
Attaway score notable for its suggestion of a haunted, slowed-down carousel, and clocks ticking and gonging toward a schizoid eternity.
Places also have their own signature sounds: the far-off bleating of sheep on a mist-shrouded Yorkshire hill, the gonging of cowbells in Swiss villages, the scratchy recordings of the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer from Istanbul minarets.
 
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