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gang
1[ gang ]
noun
- a group or band:
A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
Synonyms: coterie, clique, circle, set, party, band, crew, crowd, company
- a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, especially such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
- a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons:
I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
a gang of laborers.
Synonyms: team
- a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose:
a gang of thieves.
- a set of tools, electronic components or circuits, oars, etc., arranged to work together or simultaneously.
- a group of identical or related items.
verb (used with object)
- to arrange in groups or sets; form into a gang:
to gang illustrations for more economical printing on one sheet.
- to attack in a gang.
verb (used without object)
- to form or act as a gang:
Cutthroats who gang together hang together.
verb phrase
- Informal. (of a number of persons) to unite in opposition to (a person); combine against:
The bigger boys ganged up on the smaller ones in the schoolyard.
gang
2[ gang ]
verb (used without object)
- to walk or go.
gang
2/ ɡæŋ /
noun
- a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body, esp for criminal or illegal purposes
- an organized group of workmen
- a herd of buffaloes or elks or a pack of wild dogs
- a group of shearers who travel to different shearing sheds, shearing, classing, and baling wool
- a series of similar tools arranged to work simultaneously in parallel
- ( as modifier )
a gang saw
verb
- to form into, become part of, or act as a gang
- tr electronics to mount (two or more components, such as variable capacitors) on the same shaft, permitting adjustment by a single control
gang
3/ ɡæŋ /
verb
- to go
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Derived Forms
- ganged, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gang1
Origin of gang2
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Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with gang , also see like gangbusters .Discover More
Example Sentences
How do you feel about Archer and the gang abandoning the cartel and returning to the office?
Gang tattoos are still inked onto his face, like scarlet letters.
The End of Gangs By Sam Quinones, Pacific-Standard Los Angeles gave America the modern street gang.
Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.
Brooklyn musician Bobby Shmurda, whose ‘Shmoney Dance’ went viral, was arrested today on ‘gang conspiracy’ charges, police said.
When Michael needed fresh supplies, he was not long in gathering a gang of harpies about him.
I like sus-sus-pen-sheen bridges that fly from bank to bank, with one big step, like a gang-plank.
He captured two, whom he shot, and burned two or three houses whose owners had been harboring the gang.
So they bore Spotted Snake away with them in the canoe, while the Dogtown gang shrieked farewells from the old landing.
If word reaches the Dangerfield gang about what we're doing, King will never be allowed to reach his destination.
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