flange
English edit
Etymology edit
From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Old French flanche (“flank, side”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flange (plural flanges)
- An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
- The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
- (roleplaying games) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
- 2007, "balor", Changing the metaphysics on Rule 7 [2]
- 'Oh look, the amulet of flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'
- (vulgar slang) The vulva.
- 2001, tedfat, “Flange!!!!”, in alt.society.nottingham[3] (Usenet):
- I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her.
- 2003, Ray Gordon, Hot Sheets[4]:
- 'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.
- (rare, humorous) The collective noun for a group of baboons.
- 1980s (first use), Not the Nine O'clock News, Rowan Atkinson (actor):
- it's a flange of baboons
- 2006, Rick Crosier, Getting Away with Murder[5]:
- I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house.
- The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
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Translations edit
rib or rim for strengthening
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projecting edge
ability in a role-playing game
slang:vulva — see vulva
Verb edit
flange (third-person singular simple present flanges, present participle flanging, simple past and past participle flanged)
- (intransitive) To be bent into a flange.
- (transitive, mechanics) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange.
- (transitive, sound engineering) To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time.
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Danish edit
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Noun edit
flange c (singular definite flangen, plural indefinite flanger)
- flange (external or internal rib or rim)
Inflection edit
Declension of flange
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | flange | flangen | flanger | flangerne |
genitive | flanges | flangens | flangers | flangernes |
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Alternative forms edit
- flangie (misspelling)
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Noun edit
flange f pl