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# dong

noun (dong, dongs); verb (dong — rare); interjection (dong!)

«dong» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dong is the deep ringing sound of a large bell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#m1)
2. The dong is the money of Vietnam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and poems it is a sound word, usually in «ding-dong» for a doorbell or church bell. In geography, it is the currency of Vietnam. Phrases: «ding-dong», «the bell went dong».

### Examples

- The doorbell went ding-dong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#x1)
- The church bell rang: dong, dong, dong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#x2)
- The big clock struck twelve dongs at midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#x3)
- In Vietnam, people pay with dong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#x4)
- Ding, dong, merrily on high! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#x5)
- The heavy bell made a deep dong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#x6)
- Not even now, for the bell is ringing and singing its loud Ding-dong, ding-dong!' [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/#x7)

### Note

Onomatopoeia, used mostly in «ding-dong». Slang uses exist that are rude; in school it means the bell sound or the money. In a problem, counting dongs of a clock can tell the hour.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dong» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dong/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dong» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dong.html) on Mova free.