gang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: găng
ipa: /ɡæŋ/
rhymes: -æŋ
Forms: form: gangs
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Etymology: From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gong, Dutch gang, German Gang, Norwegian gang, Swedish gång, Icelandic gangur, Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas).
Senses: examples: the Gashouse Gang
The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
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glosses: A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
examples: a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.
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glosses: A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
examples: a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
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glosses: A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
examples: text: The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.
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glosses: A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
examples: text: The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.
text: Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
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glosses: A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
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glosses: A chain gang.
examples: a gang of saws; a gang of plows; a gang drill; gang milling.
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glosses: A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
examples: a new gang of stays.
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glosses: A set; all required for an outfit.
examples: an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.
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qualifier: electrics
glosses: A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
examples: text: a gang of wires
text: Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.
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qualifier: electrics
glosses: A group of wires attached as a bundle.
examples: text: In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
ref: 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Woodnotes I.3:
text: That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon ganger, to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.
ref: 1869, “Papa André”, in Once a Week, page 418/1:
text: Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
ref: 1895, Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl, Modern Language Association of America, page 229:
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glosses: A going, journey; a course, path, track.
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glosses: An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
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qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
raw_tags: used in the vocative
examples: the sun isn't real? what are you even talking about gang
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qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
A term of address for any other person or group of people.
raw_tags: used in the vocative
Synonyms: sense: outhouse
word: outhouse
Hyponyms: sense: hyponyms of gang (noun)
word: Gang of Five
sense: hyponyms of gang (noun)
word: Gang of Four
sense: hyponyms of gang (noun)
word: street gang
sense: hyponyms of gang (noun)
word: urban gang
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: A-gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: anti-gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: antigang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: black gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: cool and the gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: cybergang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: downgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: fastgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: Gaang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang-bang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang bang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangboard
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang box
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangbuster
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang-buster
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangbusting
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang cask
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang-cask
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangdom
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: ganger
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang-fuck
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang-gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangish
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangism
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangland
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangleader
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: ganglike
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangline
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: ganglord
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangman
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangmaster
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangmate
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang member
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang of four
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangpile
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang-plank
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangplank
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang plank
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangplough
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangplow
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang press
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang-rape
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang rape
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang rapist
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang-rider
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangsaw
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangshag
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang show
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang shower
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang sign
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang signal
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangsman
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangsome
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangsploitation
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangstalk
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangstalker
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangster
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang switch
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: Gangtide
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang up
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang up on
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang vocal
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gang war
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: gangway
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: ingang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: intergang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: misgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: nongang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: ongang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: outgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: overgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: oxgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: press-gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: road gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: Scooby gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: street gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: swing gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: throughgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: towzery gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: umgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: undergang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: upgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: watergang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: water-gang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: withgang
sense: terms derived from gang (noun)
word: work gang