Past tense of 'gong'; struck or sounded a gong, or made a deep resonant sound like that of a gong.
From 'gong' (a large circular metal percussion instrument), from Malay 'gong,' onomatopoetic in origin, reflecting the sound it makes.
The word 'gong' sounds like the thing itself—languages across Southeast Asia independently made similar sounds for this instrument, so 'gonged' is basically onomatopoeia in action!
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