PANG

pang, stab, twinge

(noun) a sudden sharp feeling; “pangs of regret”; “she felt a stab of excitement”; “twinges of conscience”

pang

(noun) a sharp spasm of pain

pang, sting

(noun) a mental pain or distress; “a pang of conscience”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pang (plural pangs)

(often, in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.

(often, in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.

Verb

pang (third-person singular simple present pangs, present participle panging, simple past and past participle panged)

(transitive) To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.

Etymology

The name of the river is a back-formation from Pangbourne.

Proper noun

Pang (plural Pangs)

A surname.

Pang

A minor river in Berkshire, England, which flows into the Thames at Pangbourne.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pang is the 4645^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7642 individuals. Pang is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (86.97%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pang, n. Etym: [Prob. for older prange. Cf. Prong.]

Definition: A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

Syn.

– Agony; anguish; distress. See Agony.

Pang, v. t.

Definition: To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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