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gang

See also: Gang, gàng, gāng, Gāng, găng, gäng, gång, and gǎng

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”). Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.

VerbEdit

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
    • 1772, Richard Cumberland, The Fashionable Lover. A Comedy. Act III
      (Colin alone) Ah, Colin, thou’rt a prodigal; a thriftless loon thou’st been, that cou’d na’ keep a little pelf to thysall when thou had’st got it; now thou may’st gang in this poor geer to thy live's end, and worse too for aught I can tell; ’faith, mon, ’twas a smeart little bysack of money thou hadst scrap’d together, an the best part of it had na’ being last amongst thy kinsfolk, in the Isles of Skey and Mull; muckle gude may it do the weams of them that ha’ it! There was Jamie MacGregor and Sawney MacNab, and the twa braw lads of Kinruddin, with old Charley MacDougall, my mother's first husband's second cousin: by my sol I cou’d na’ see such near relations, and gentlemen of sich auncient families gang upon bare feet, while I rode a horseback: I had been na’ true Scot, an I cou’d na’ ge’en a countryman a gude last upon occasion (as he is going out, Miss Aubrey enters.)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Cognate with Dutch gang, German Gang, Icelandic gangur, Norwegian gang (“hallway”), Old Norse gangr (“passage, hallway”), Swedish gång, Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas).

NounEdit

gang (plural gangs)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
    • 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Woodnotes I.3:
      In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
    • 1869, Papa André, Once a Week, page 418/1:
      That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon ganger, to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.
    • 1895, Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl, Modern Language Association of America, page 229:
      Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
  2. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
    • c. 1000, Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, page 290:
      Þaða he to gange com.
  4. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
    the Gashouse Gang
    The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
  5. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
    a gang of sailors; a railroad gang.
  6. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
    a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
  8. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
    The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.
  9. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
    The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.
    Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
  10. (US) A chain gang.
  11. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
    a gang of saws; a gang of plows.
  12. A set; all required for an outfit.
    a new gang of stays.
  13. (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
    an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.
  14. (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
    a gang of wires
    Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
terms derived from gang (noun)
TranslationsEdit
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DescendantsEdit

VerbEdit

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)

  1. (intransitive) To band together as a group or gang.
    “Let's gang up on them.”
  2. (transitive) to attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
    • 1999 May, Rosario Capotosto, “Building a Bookcase”, in Popular Mechanics:
      When cutting the back cleats with the T-guide, first gang them together so all the marks on one side align.
    • 2011, Corky Binggeli, Interior Graphic Standards: Student Edition, →ISBN, page 317:
      The chairs are usually ganged together using a variety of ganging or locking mechanisms to create rows and prevent the chairs from moving out of position.

See alsoEdit

Etymology 3Edit

See gan.

VerbEdit

gang (second-person singular simple present gangst)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of gan.

Etymology 4Edit

Shortening of gangbang.

VerbEdit

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)

  1. Synonym of gangbang: to have sex with a single partner as a gang.
    • 2015, Richard Allen, Skinhead, page 80:
      […] there's a thin line to tread to avoid fights or getting “ganged” when rejecting the sexual overtures of incarcerated women.

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 5Edit

NounEdit

gang (countable and uncountable, plural gangs)

  1. (mining) Alternative form of gangue

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch gang.

NounEdit

gang (plural gange)

  1. a passageway, alley

Alemannic GermanEdit

BalineseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch gang (“passageway, alley”).

NounEdit

gang

  1. alleyway, alley, narrow street. A narrow pathway bound by walls on both sides

CebuanoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: gang

Etymology 1Edit

From English gang.

NounEdit

gang

  1. a gang; a criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city

Etymology 2Edit

From langga, pangga. Compare lang.

NounEdit

gang

  1. a term of address for a beloved person; dear; sweetie

QuotationsEdit

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gang.

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡ̊anɡ̊/, [ɡ̊ɑŋˀ]
Dialects
  • (Vendelbomål, Nordsjællandsk) IPA(key): [ɡɔŋˀ]
  • (Midtøstjysk) IPA(key): [ɡoŋˀ]
  • (Vestfynsk) IPA(key): [ɡɑ̃ˀ]
  • (Ærøsk, Lollandsk) IPA(key): [ɡɑ̃]
  • (Østfynsk) IPA(key): [ɡɑ̃ɪ̃ˀ]
  • (Tåsingsk) IPA(key): [ɡɑ̃ʊ̃]
  • (Bornholmsk) IPA(key): [ɡɔɲ]

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Danish gang, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“stride, step”).

NounEdit

gang c (singular definite gangen, plural indefinite gange)

  1. The act of walking, a walk.
  2. An intended amount of something, especially time.
  3. A way or path to walk on.
  4. A person's business or activity.
  5. One of the few cases where something takes place, a rare event.
  6. A line or closed space that can be bypassed, usually by foot.
  7. A room giving access to another room.
  8. A narrow road built for pedestrians, usually in a public park or facility.
InflectionEdit
Declension of gang
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gang gangen gange gangene
genitive gangs gangens ganges gangenes

Etymology 2Edit

See gange.

VerbEdit

gang

  1. imperative of gange

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ
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NounEdit

gang m (plural gangen, diminutive gangetje n)

  1. passageway, alley
  2. gait, walk (person's manner of walking or stepping)
  3. journey
  4. hallway, corridor
  5. course

Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English gang.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gang m (plural gangs)

  1. gang, group of ill-doers

Further readingEdit

GermanEdit

VerbEdit

gang

  1. obsolete form of geh, second-person imperative singular of gehen

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch gang (“passageway, alley”).

NounEdit

gang (plural gang-gang, first-person possessive gangku, second-person possessive gangmu, third-person possessive gangnya)

  1. alleyway, alley, narrow street. A narrow pathway bound by walls on both sides
    gang buntu — dead-end alley
  2. an organized crime group
  3. a group of people with distinct identity, such as high school mates. See also geng

VerbEdit

gang

  1. to form a gang group

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English gang.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛnɡ/, [ɡɛŋɡ]

NounEdit

gang f (invariable, dated plural gangs)

  1. gang, specifically:
    1. (dated) A group of people.
    2. (dated) A group of laborers under one foreman.
    3. A criminal group.

Related termsEdit

MandarinEdit

PronunciationEdit

RomanizationEdit

gang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gǎng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of gàng.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse gangr, also related to gå.

NounEdit

gang m (definite singular gangen, indefinite plural ganger, definite plural gangene)

  1. hall, hallway
    Sett fra deg skoene i gangen.
    Leave your shoes in the hallway.
  2. passage, corridor
    I enden av den lange gangen er klasserommet.
    The classroom is at the end of the long corridor.
  3. aisle
  4. walk, path
  5. walk, walking, going
  6. walk, gait
    Gangen hans er litt merkelig.
    His gait is a bit weird
  7. working, running, action, movement, motion, operation
  8. course; passage
  9. course; march
  10. time
    Vi vant fem ganger på rad!
    We won five times in a row!
  11. plot, action
    Historiens gang var litt komplisert.
    The plot of the story was somewhat complicated.
  12. (mining) dike, lode
  13. vein
  14. (anatomy) duct

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from gang

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse gangr, also related to gå.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gang m (definite singular gangen, indefinite plural gangar, definite plural gangane)

  1. hall, hallway
    Sett frå deg skorne i gangen.
    Leave your shoes in the hallway.
  2. passage, corridor
    I enden av den lange gangen er klasserommet.
    The classroom is at the end of the long corridor.
  3. aisle
  4. walk, path
  5. walk, walking, going
  6. walk, gait
    Gangen hans er litt merkeleg.
    His gait is a bit weird
  7. working, running, action, movement, motion, operation
  8. course; passage
  9. course; march
  10. plot, action
    Gangen i soga var litt komplisert.
    The plot of the story was somewhat complicated.
  11. (mining) dike, lode
  12. vein
  13. (anatomy) duct

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from gang

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Related to Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gang m (nominative plural gangas)

  1. going, journey, progress, track, footprint, flow, stream, way, passage, course, path
    Him tǽcean lífes weg and rihtne gang to heofonum.
    To teach them life's way and the right path to heaven.
  2. a company of people
    Anastasius wæs geháten se arwurþa mæssepreóst þe se bisceop tó fundode swá fǽrlíce mid gange . . . Se bisceop gewende mid his gebróðrum hám.
    Anastasius was called the honorable mass-priest that the bishop, with company, so quickly departed to. . . The bishop returned home with his brothers.
  3. drain, privy
    Ðonne him to gange lyst.
    When he desires the privy.
  4. platform, stage, steps
  5. occurrence; passage or lapse of time
    Geára gangum. — In the course of years.

DescendantsEdit

Derived termsEdit

terms derived from gang (noun)
  • handgang m — imposition of hands: surrender
  • heregang m — incursion
  • hingang m departure, death
  • hlāfgang m — attendance at, or participation in, a meal; procession with the host
  • hūslgang m — going to, partaking of the eucharist
  • ingang m — ingress, entrance, access, beginning; entrance fee
  • mynstergang m — act of joining an order of monks
  • nēahgangol — placed near
  • niþergang m — descent
  • ofergang m — going across, crossing over
  • ongang m — entrance, incursion, assault, attack
  • oxangang m — an eighth of a 'plough-land'; hide
  • relicgang m — visiting of relics: procession of relics
  • samodgang m — communication between rooms
  • sulhgang m — the land which can be gone over by one plough in a day
  • sunganges adv. — moving with the sun
  • tōgang m — approach, access, attack
  • ūpgang m — rising, sunrise; going up, approach, ascent: landing, going inland.
  • ūtgang m — outgang, going out, departure, exit, exodus
  • wæfergange f — spider
  • wīdgangol — wandering, roving
  • ymbgang m — umgang, going about, circuit, circumference, surrounding belt

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

NounEdit

gang m (plural ganga)

  1. A path, course, way, journey; a going

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gang (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative gang ganga
accusative gang ganga
genitive ganges gango
dative gange gangum
instrumental gangu —

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gang m (Portugal) or f (Brazil) (plural gangs)

  1. Dated spelling of gangue.

ScotsEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from Old English gān (like English go).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

gang (third-person singular present gangs, present participle gaun, past gaed, past participle gaen)

  1. To go.
    And I will love thee still, my dear
    Till a’ the seas gang dry.

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

gang m (plural gangs)

  1. gang

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Vietic *c-kaːŋ (“handspan”).

NounEdit

gang

  1. a handspan

Etymology 2Edit

 
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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鋼 (SV: cương).

NounEdit

gang

  1. cast iron
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