GANG

gang

(noun) tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together

gang, crew, work party

(noun) an organized group of workmen

gang, pack, ring, mob

(noun) an association of criminals; “police tried to break up the gang”; “a pack of thieves”

crowd, crew, gang, bunch

(noun) an informal body of friends; “he still hangs out with the same crowd”

gang, gang up

(verb) act as an organized group

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

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

(intransitive, chiefly, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.

Etymology 2

Noun

gang (plural gangs)

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.

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

A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.

A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.

(US) A chain gang.

A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.

A set; all required for an outfit.

(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.

(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.

(now chiefly, dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.

(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Synonyms

• (outhouse): See bathroom

Verb

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

(transitive) To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.

Etymology 3

Verb

gang

Eye dialect spelling of gan.

Etymology 4

Verb

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

synonym of gangbang: to have sex with a single partner as a gang.

Etymology 5

Noun

gang (countable and uncountable, plural gangs)

(mining) Alternative form of gangue

Anagrams

• gnag

Source: Wiktionary

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Gang, v. i. Etym: [AS. gangan, akin to OS. & OHG. gangan, Icel. ganga, Goth. gaggan; cf. Lith. to walk, Skr. ja leg. sq. root48. CF. Go.]

Definition: To go; to walk.

Note: Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland.

Gang, n. Etym: [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See Gang, v. i.]

1. A going; a course. [Obs.]

2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.

3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

4. (Naut.)

Definition: A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.

5. Etym: [Cf. Gangue.] (Mining)

Definition: The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. Gang board, or Gang plank. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on.

– Gang cask, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.

– Gang cultivator, Gang plow, a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time.

– Gang days, Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below).

– Gang drill, a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft.

– Gang master, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.

– Gang plank. See Gang board (above).

– Gang plow. See Gang cultivator (above).

– Gang press, a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates.

– Gang saw, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart.

– Gang tide. See Gang week (below).

– Gang tooth, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] Halliwell.

– Gang week, Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. Halliwell.

– Live gang, or Round gang, the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. Knight.

– Slabbing gang, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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