gang
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *ganganą
Proto-West Germanic *gangan
Old English gangan
Middle English gangen
English gang
From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, 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”), Norwegian Nynorsk ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately related to etymology 2, which see below.
Inflected forms:
form: gangs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ganging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ganged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ganged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: gan
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: gangs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To go; walk; proceed.
pos: verb
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
intransitive
examples: (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.)
"And am I to meet my Mary at Moffat? Come away, little, dear, welcome body, thou blessed of heaven, come away, and taste of an auld shepherd's best cheer, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell you, little, blessed, and welcome crile, come along with me."
gloss: A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
pos: noun
examples: the Gashouse Gang
The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
gloss: A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
pos: noun
examples: a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.
gloss: A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
pos: noun
examples: a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
gloss: A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
pos: noun
examples: The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.
gloss: A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A chain gang.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
pos: noun
examples: a gang of saws; a gang of plows; a gang drill; gang milling.
gloss: A set; all required for an outfit.
pos: noun
examples: a new gang of stays.
gloss: A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
pos: noun
examples: an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.
gloss: A group of wires attached as a bundle.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A going, journey; a course, path, track.
pos: noun
tags: dialectal
examples: In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon ganger, to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.
Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
gloss: An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
pos: noun
gloss: A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
broadly
examples: The sun isn't real? What are you even talking about, gang?
Derived words: anti-gang
antigang
cool and the gang
downgang
fastgang
Gaang
gang bang
gang-bang
gangboard
gang box
gangbuster
gang-buster
gangbusting
gang-cask
gang cask
gangdom
ganger
gang-fuck
gangish
gangism
gangland
gangleader
ganglike
gangline
ganglord
gangman
gangmaster
gangmate
gang member
gangmobile
gangpile
gang plank
gangplank
gang-plank
gangplough
gangplow
gang press
gang rape
gang-rape
gang rapist
gang-rider
gangsaw
gangshag
gang show
gang shower
gang sign
gang signal
gangsman
gangsome
gangsploitation
gangstalk
gangstalker
gangster
gang switch
Gangtide
gang up
gang up on
gang vocal
gang war
gangway
ingang
intergang
nongang
ongang
outgang
overgang
oxgang
street gang
swing gang
throughgang
umgang
undergang
upgang
watergang
water-gang
withgang
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