Thesaurus results for GONG

gong

verb

Definition of gong

as in to ding

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Recent Examples of gong Temperatures are gong to be in the low-to-mid 90s across the region, with peak heat indices ranging from 100 to 107 degrees. — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026 Prices at the auction were gong up and up. — Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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The report also dings the Harris campaign for failing to distance the candidate from Biden, in light of his unpopularity at the time.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 21 May 2026
Future transshipment rules, for instance, could ding individual components that are made in one country—China, again, is a good bet—and then integrated into a product without enough of a transformation in another before winding up in the United States.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025

Definition of ding

Verb

After his third 3 clanged off the back of the rim midway through the first quarter, Hart pulled his shirt over his mouth.

— Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The sequence started with Devin Vassell's mid-range jumper clanging off the back of the rim while three Timberwolves, including 7-foot-1 Rudy Gobert waited in the paint for the rebound.

— Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2026

Definition of clang

Verb

Police contacted the woman’s cellphone carrier two days later to ping her phone, but the company was unable to provide any information on the location of Brophy’s device.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
According to the report, the girl’s mother contacted the local police department after her daughter told her of her whereabouts, and said that family members were able to ping her exact location.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of ping

Verb

Just when things seemed too contentious and/or boring to a late-night viewer, Stewart knew when to jingle the keys in our face.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 July 2026
On the walls, a few pots hang from a copper rod, a dinner bell waits to be jingled, and an ancient clock keeps time.

— Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 2 July 2026

Definition of jingle

Verb

The small fragments of colorful glass, strung along together, produce soothing sounds, their tinkling notes wafting through the air alongside a chorus of windchimes and the sweet scent of plumeria blooming in the garden.

— Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Food and drink Fontana restaurant is the main attraction here, with an inviting courtyard and a tinkling fountain lending a European feel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026

Definition of tinkle

Verb

But the move risks clashing with Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s own plans to shrink the Fed’s balance sheet — and with any Fed decision to tighten monetary policy.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Spanish protesters and migrants clashed with police and each other in Ceuta, one month after a horde of over 70,000 Moroccan migrants abruptly swarmed the small Spanish enclave.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of clash

Verb

Just the sight of the glasses, dewy with condensation on the outside and filled to the rim with clinking ice, nearly chilled my body.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Miriam pulled one tooth, then another from her mouth, and clinked them into a porcelain dish on her nightstand.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of clink

Verb

At the restaurant, tables plonked in the sand feel intimate and experiential as well as immersed in the changing colors of the sunset sky.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Hentges put the tying run on base by plunking pinch-hitter Jahmai Jones, then Red Sox put runners on the corners as Andruw Monasterio beat out a potential double play ball.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026

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