bonging

verb

present participle of bong
as in ringing
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates church bells across the city bonged to mark the solemn occasion

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  1. ringing
  2. chiming
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  • Russell continued to improve his Heisman Trophy credentials by playing with composure amid the usual din of ringing cowbells at Mississippi State.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The clip opens with an X-Pest exterminator guy ringing the doorbell at Butters’ home.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of ringing
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  • The loud-mouthed cameos from ex-soccer players Zlatan Ibrahimović and Eric Cantona in Nike’s World Cup hero film Rip the Script were indicative of this, chiming with an older, more arrogant vision of Nike seen in the ’90s and the aughts.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Each barrel ahs a separate and independent gear train, one providing energy to the gear train that powers the time and perpetual calendar indications (with a 48-hour power reserve), and the other to the gear train that drives the chiming functions.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of chiming
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“Bonging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonging. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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