gang

1 of 3

noun

ˈgaŋ

plural gangs

: group: such as

: a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends

especially : a band of antisocial adolescents

: a group of persons working together

: a group of persons having informal and usually close social relations

watching TV with the gang

: a set of articles : outfit

a gang of oars

: a combination of similar implements or devices arranged for convenience to act together

a gang of saws

gang

2 of 3

verb (1)

ganged; ganging; gangs

intransitive verb

: to move or act as a gang

Her opponents ganged together to oppose her nomination.

verb (2)

ganged; ganging; gangs

intransitive verb

Scotland

: go

Example Sentences

Noun a gang of drug dealers He is in a gang. He was shot by a member of a rival gang. the gang at the office

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Hernandez then issued a gang challenge and shot at the car.

City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Portland’s gang enforcement team, which had been renamed to focus on gun violence broadly rather than just gangs, was disbanded by the Portland City Council in 2020.

oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2022 But more than one shooting started with an argument at the club, including one tied to the YSL gang case.

George Chidi, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 Tornado Cash had become a preferred tool of the Lazarus Group, a hacking gang that carries out digital heists to help fund the North Korean regime and its weapons program, according to investigators.

Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 For gang outreach workers, wrestling with psychological scars is now part of the battle.

Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 Woodfin this weekend called for a gang truce and identified some gangs by name, including H2K or Hard to Kill, which has been linked to multiple Jefferson County homicides.

Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2022 Being put into Mexican prisons, which are overcrowded, underfunded and controlled by gangs, can be hell for those on pretrial detention, who often enter with no prison smarts or gang connections.

Mark Stevenson, ajc, 4 Sep. 2022 Jerry Billups: intervention and diversion specialist with Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, whose prior jobs included gang outreach and prevention in Slavic Village.

Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022

Verb

Barbaro, who has modeled phenomena ranging from fish migrations to gang territorial disputes, says the Pamplona data could help calibrate models for stressed crowds to aid architectural design and evacuation planning.

Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2022 Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors – a place to gang together for wrist shots – that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid.

Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021 For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter.

Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020 Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste).

Katie Workman, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2020 And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all.

Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019 And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all.

Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, "going, journey, road, path, privy, group of items forming a set," going back to Old English, "going, walking, journey, course, path, privy," going back to Germanic *ganga- (whence Old Saxon gang "walk, course," Old High German "walk, journey, passage," Old Norse gangr "going, course," Gothic gagg "way"), noun derivative from the base of *gangan- "to go" — more at gang entry 3

Note: The meaning "set of articles" apparently first appeared in Middle English, the now predominant meaning "group of persons" in early Modern English (hypothesized instances of this sense in Middle and Old English are dubious). A direct descendant of Old English gang in Modern English would be gong (with the effects of vowel lengthening before the cluster -ŋg- and subsequent rounding of the long vowel in monosyllables), but this survived into Modern English only in the sense "privy"—the now general form gang for other senses was borrowed into standard English from northern dialects and Scots, where rounding never occurred. Use of both the noun and verb gang in its historical senses, denoting motion or passage, is now largely limited to traditional Scots.

Verb (1)

derivative of gang entry 1

Verb (2)

Middle English gangen, gongen & early Scots gang, going back to Old English gangan, gongan, going back to Germanic *gangan- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German gangan"to go," Old Norse ganga, Gothic gaggan), probably going back to Indo-European *ǵhenǵh-i̯̯e-, whence also Lithuanian žeñgti "to stride"

Note: Old English gangan, a Class VII strong verb, was used more or less as a synonym of gān, the ancestor of Modern English go entry 1 (itself descended from Germanic *gēn-), though forms other than the present tense and infinitive rarely occur. In other Germanic languages cognates of gangan served and still serve as suppletive forms of the parallel cognates of gān. Compare note at gang entry 1.

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

Verb (1)

1791, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Verb (2)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

单词	gangs
释义	gang 1 of 3 noun ˈgaŋ plural gangs 1 : group: such as a : a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends especially : a band of antisocial adolescents b : a group of persons working together 2 : a group of persons having informal and usually close social relations watching TV with the gang 3 a : a set of articles : outfit a gang of oars b : a combination of similar implements or devices arranged for convenience to act together a gang of saws gang 2 of 3 verb (1) ganged; ganging; gangs intransitive verb : to move or act as a gang Her opponents ganged together to oppose her nomination. see also gang up transitive verb 1 : to attack (a person) as a gang They ganged him and took his money. 2 a : to assemble (mechanical or electronic parts) so that they may be operated simultaneously as a group Potentiometers are often ganged together so that the resistance in several circuits can be changed simultaneously. Richard Fowler b : to arrange or produce (something, such as pages of typeset material) together as a unit … ganged the printing of 2000 cards to achieve a cost-efficient price per card of 38 cents. Vilma Barr —often used with up Where decals are large they may be printed singly; where small, more than one may be ganged up on one screen to save effort and to produce more copies in one impression. Albert Kosloff gang 3 of 3 verb (2) ganged; ganging; gangs intransitive verb Scotland : go Synonyms Noun army band brigade company crew outfit party platoon squad team See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun a gang of drug dealers He is in a gang. He was shot by a member of a rival gang. the gang at the office Recent Examples on the Web Noun Hernandez then issued a gang challenge and shot at the car. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Portland’s gang enforcement team, which had been renamed to focus on gun violence broadly rather than just gangs, was disbanded by the Portland City Council in 2020. oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2022 But more than one shooting started with an argument at the club, including one tied to the YSL gang case. George Chidi, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 Tornado Cash had become a preferred tool of the Lazarus Group, a hacking gang that carries out digital heists to help fund the North Korean regime and its weapons program, according to investigators. Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 For gang outreach workers, wrestling with psychological scars is now part of the battle. Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 Woodfin this weekend called for a gang truce and identified some gangs by name, including H2K or Hard to Kill, which has been linked to multiple Jefferson County homicides. Carol Robinson \| Crobinson@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2022 Being put into Mexican prisons, which are overcrowded, underfunded and controlled by gangs, can be hell for those on pretrial detention, who often enter with no prison smarts or gang connections. Mark Stevenson, ajc, 4 Sep. 2022 Jerry Billups: intervention and diversion specialist with Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, whose prior jobs included gang outreach and prevention in Slavic Village. Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022 Verb Barbaro, who has modeled phenomena ranging from fish migrations to gang territorial disputes, says the Pamplona data could help calibrate models for stressed crowds to aid architectural design and evacuation planning. Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2022 Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors – a place to gang together for wrist shots – that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid. Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021 For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter. Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020 Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste). Katie Workman, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2020 And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019 And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019 And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019 And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English, "going, journey, road, path, privy, group of items forming a set," going back to Old English, "going, walking, journey, course, path, privy," going back to Germanic ganga- (whence Old Saxon gang* "walk, course," Old High German "walk, journey, passage," Old Norse gangr "going, course," Gothic gagg "way"), noun derivative from the base of gangan- "to go" — more at gang entry 3 Note: The meaning "set of articles" apparently first appeared in Middle English, the now predominant meaning "group of persons" in early Modern English (hypothesized instances of this sense in Middle and Old English are dubious). A direct descendant of Old English gang* in Modern English would be gong (with the effects of vowel lengthening before the cluster -ŋg- and subsequent rounding of the long vowel in monosyllables), but this survived into Modern English only in the sense "privy"—the now general form gang for other senses was borrowed into standard English from northern dialects and Scots, where rounding never occurred. Use of both the noun and verb gang in its historical senses, denoting motion or passage, is now largely limited to traditional Scots. Verb (1) derivative of gang entry 1 Verb (2) Middle English gangen, gongen & early Scots gang, going back to Old English gangan, gongan, going back to Germanic gangan- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German gangan"to go," Old Norse ganga, Gothic gaggan), probably going back to Indo-European ǵhenǵh-i̯̯e-, whence also Lithuanian žeñgti "to stride" Note: Old English gangan, a Class VII strong verb, was used more or less as a synonym of gān, the ancestor of Modern English go entry 1 (itself descended from Germanic gēn-), though forms other than the present tense and infinitive rarely occur. In other Germanic languages cognates of gangan* served and still serve as suppletive forms of the parallel cognates of gān. Compare note at gang entry 1. First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a Verb (1) 1791, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense Verb (2) before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing gang chain gang gang-tackle gang rape gang hook section gang press-gang inter-gang gang up anti-gang gang bang See More chain gang gang-tackle gang rape gang hook section gang press-gang inter-gang gang up anti-gang gang bang See More Kids Definition gang noun ˈgaŋ 1 : a group of people working or going about together 2 : a group of people acting together to do something illegal a gang of thieves 3 : a group of friends I invited the gang over. Legal Definition gang noun : a group of persons associating for antisocial and often criminal purposes and activities gangs 1 of 2 noun plural of gang 1 as in teams a group of people working together on a task a gang of neighborhood residents spent the weekend cleaning up the park Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance teams armies crews squads platoons companies brigades battalions parties bands troops outfits troupes corps departments forces stables staffs administrations posses help staves hosts personnels 2 as in communities a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially the whole gang went out for pizza the school's computer hackers had their own little gang Synonyms & Similar Words communities cliques crowds networks clans packs circles bunches covens clubs organizations coteries tribes bodies communes guilds factions societies folds rings lots squads elites fraternities brotherhoods camps colleges klatches galères sets leagues sects coalitions klatsches sororities sides in-groups gilds unions fellowships blocs federations sisterhoods alliances sodalities charmed circles closed shops councils confederations messes congresses orders Antonyms & Near Antonyms loners individualists 3 as in Mafias a group involved in secret or criminal activities politicians promising to stop the growth of inner-city gangs Synonyms & Similar Words Mafias syndicates clans conspiracies mobs networks crews cliques cabals rings covens crowds coteries circles bunches juntas lots packs oligarchies galères sets gangs 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of gang as in groups Synonyms & Similar Words groups clubs teams bands allies affiliates leagues confederates bonds sides ties links companies rallies colludes couples mixes socializes chums associates knots cooperates interrelates collaborates joins connects relates sorts mingles consorts friends gets along gets on attaches conjoins weds hooks up travels consociates hobnobs fraternizes befriends messes around pals (around) runs hangs (around or out) Antonyms & Near Antonyms avoids shuns snubs alienates estranges cold-shoulders splits disbands divorces breaks up disperses splits (up) disjoins disunites sunders severs dissociates See More
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gang

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Phrases Containing gang

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