Dong (Verb)
Meaning
Go `ding dong', like a bell.
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The bicycle bell started to dong loudly as the rider approached the pedestrian crossing.
- In the old days, people would dong a large metal bell to announce the start of an event.
- As the clock tower's mechanism whirred to life, it began to dong the hour.
- Her son, fascinated by the doorbell, would dong it repeatedly.
- A monk dong a gong three times to signal the monks to gather in the temple courtyard.