GONG

noun Etymology: Malay & Javanese, of imitative origin Date: circa 1590 a disk-shaped percussion instrument that produces a resounding tone when struck with a usually padded hammer, 2. a saucer-shaped bell (as in a fire alarm) that is struck by a mechanical hammer, a wire rod wound in a flat spiral for sounding the time or chime or alarm (as in a clock), medal , ~ intransitive verb