Gong (disambiguation)
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Gong can refer to:
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[edit] Percussive musical instrument
- A musical instrument. See gong and slit gong.
- A warning bell on a trolley or railroad crossing signal
- A boxing ring bell.
[edit] Popular music
- A progressive-psychedelic rock band started in the 1960s. See Gong (band).
- A song off the album Takk... by the Icelandic Post-Rock band Sigur Rós
- Tuff Gong, a nickname for reggae musician Bob Marley
[edit] Technology and science
- The Gong Project and its free software to allow voice communication on the Web, including voice and text message boards.
- An abbreviation for the Global Oscillations Network Group.
[edit] Other
- A senior title of Chinese nobility, sometimes translated as Duke. See Gong (title).
- A colloquial name for the Australian city of Wollongong.
- In Commonwealth slang - a medal, honour or award.
- Human excrement, a term that fell into disuse at the start of the 20th century. A Gong farmer was a person who emptied cesspits in the Tudor era.
- A type of navigational buoy named for its gong-like percussive noisemaker for detection in fog.
