gong (one)

gong (one)

To abruptly dismiss or stop someone who is in the middle of something. The 1970s TV show The Gong Show popularized the practice of halting a talent act by striking a gong. I thought my presentation was going well, until the boss gonged me halfway through and wouldn't let me continue!

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gonged

(gɔŋd)

mod. drug intoxicated. (Drugs. Originally on opium.) Mooshoo found himself in the alley, gonged.

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