to bong

1 7.0

To make a deep, low ringing sound like a bell

: tañer

Examples

Or he could till that clock started bonging.

The Stranger (1946)
The doorbell bonged its eight-level gong, and Neva held up a hand, stopping Bea.

Fiction book (1999)
Remember safe grad, when he beer-bonged a full case?

Little Orphans (2020)
Another, of metal rods, gave out clinks and clanks; and the third, an iron triangle swinging inside a ring, bonged like a dinner bell.

Fiction book (1991)
Salespeople called back and forth to each other as they arranged their shelves; an occasional bell bonged to summon a buyer, porter, or security.

Fiction book (1995)
As the clock struck midnight, it bonged loudly, echoing through the quiet streets.
The church bells bonged in the distance, signaling the start of the service.
When the timer went off, it bonged to alert everyone in the kitchen.

to bell

vsto bong

14 6.0

To put a small metal object that rings on an animal or object so you can hear it

is deeper and more resonant rather than a clear metallic ring

to boom out

vsto bong

1 5.7

To make a deep loud sound that can be heard far away

is a deep resonant sound without stressing distance

to gong

vsto bong

1 7.7

To hit a metal instrument so it makes a loud ringing sound

is the sound itself rather than the act of striking an instrument

to boom

33 3.4

to bong

1 7.0

ring

203 1.0

to tinkle

15 3.9

bong infinitive

bonged past

bonged past participle

bonging present participle

bongs third person singular

The word bong used as a verb copies the deep bell sound, like gong, so to bong is to make that heavy, ringing 'sound'.