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
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.
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.
• (outhouse): See bathroom
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.
gang
Eye dialect spelling of gan.
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.
gang (countable and uncountable, plural gangs)
(mining) Alternative form of gangue
• gnag
Source: Wiktionary
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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
