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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gang1 /gæŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a group or band:a gang of sightseers.
- a group of youngsters who associate closely with each other, esp. such a group engaging in antisocial behavior:street gangs.
- a group of persons associated for some criminal purpose:terrorist gangs.
- a group of people with similar tastes or interests:throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
- a group of persons working together:a gang of laborers.
v. - gang up:
- [~ + on/against + object] to combine against:Her three brothers were always ganging up on her.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gang1 (gang),USA pronunciation n. - a group or band:A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
- a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, esp. such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
- a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons:I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
- a group of persons working together;
squad;
shift:a gang of laborers. - a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose:a gang of thieves.
- a set of tools, electronic components or circuits, oars, etc., arranged to work together or simultaneously.
- a group of identical or related items.
v.t. - to arrange in groups or sets;
form into a gang:to gang illustrations for more economical printing on one sheet. - to attack in a gang.
v.i. - to form or act as a gang:Cutthroats who gang together hang together.
- gang up on, [Informal.](of a number of persons) to unite in opposition to (a person);
combine against:The bigger boys ganged up on the smaller ones in the schoolyard.
- 1300–50; Middle English; Old English gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; cognate with Old High German gang, Old Norse gangr, Gothic gagg; compare gang2
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged company, crowd, crew; party, set, clique, coterie.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged team.
gang2 (gang),USA pronunciation v.i. [Chiefly Scot. and North Eng.]- Scottish Termsto walk or go.
- bef. 900; Middle English gangen, Old English gangan, gongan; cognate with Old High German gangan, Old Norse ganga, Gothic gaggan; compare gang1, noun, nominal derivative from same base
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gang /ɡæŋ/ n - a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body, esp for criminal or illegal purposes
- an organized group of workmen
- a herd of buffaloes or elks or a pack of wild dogs
- NZ a group of shearers who travel to different shearing sheds, shearing, classing, and baling wool
- a series of similar tools arranged to work simultaneously in parallel
- (as modifier): a gang saw
vb - to form into, become part of, or act as a gang
- (transitive) to mount (two or more components, such as variable capacitors) on the same shaft, permitting adjustment by a single control
See also gang upEtymology: Old English gang journey; related to Old Norse gangr, Old High German gang, Sanskrit jangha footganged adj gang /ɡæŋ/ vb - Scot to go
Etymology: Old English gangan to go1 gang /ɡæŋ/ n - a variant spelling of gangue
gangue (gang),USA pronunciation n. - Miningrock or mineral matter of no value occurring with the metallic ore in a vein or deposit.
- German Gang; see gang1
- French
- 1800–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gangue, gang /ɡæŋ/ n - valueless and undesirable material, such as quartz in small quantities, in an ore
Etymology: 19th Century: from French gangue, from German Gang vein of metal, course; see gang1 |