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fang
1[ fang ]
noun
- one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- a canine tooth.
- a tooth resembling a dog's.
- the root of a tooth.
- one of the chelicerae of a spider.
- a pointed, tapering part of a thing.
- Machinery. the tang of a tool.
fang
2[ fang ]
verb (used with object)
- to seize; grab.
fang
1/ fæŋ /
verb
- to drive at great speed
noun
- an act or instance of driving in such a way
we took the car for a fang
fang
2/ fæŋ /
noun
- the long pointed hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake through which venom is injected
- any large pointed tooth, esp the canine or carnassial tooth of a carnivorous mammal
- the root of a tooth
- informal.usually plural tooth
clean your fangs
Fang
3/ fæŋ; fɑːŋ /
noun
- FangsFang a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in the rain forests of Gabon and Rio Muni: noted for their use of iron and copper money and for their sculpture
- the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
fang
/ făng /
- A long, pointed tooth in vertebrate animals or a similar structure in spiders, used to seize prey and sometimes to inject venom. The fangs of a poisonous snake, for example, have a hollow groove through which venom flows.
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Derived Forms
- ˈfangˌlike, adjective
- ˈfangless, adjective
- fanged, adjective
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Other Words From
- fanged [fangd], adjective
- fang·less adjective
- fang·like adjective
- un·fanged adjective
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Example Sentences
Meanwhile, Namaari has grown up to lead her home tribe, Fang, but has begun questioning the aggressive direction of her clan.
Raya is still just a young girl, so she’s easy prey for Namaari, the daughter of the visiting Fang leader.
As Swalwell rose in the ranks, Fang became an even bigger supporter.
Just mark the spot on your wall and push, and a pair of hardened steel fangs will dig securely into drywall.
Having one big fang near the middle of the mouth is pretty unusual, Claeson notes.
As Lee Fang recounted at The Nation, Obama made them a centerpiece of his campaign.
But, as Fang continued, the administration quickly evolved away from that position.
“Most are less proactive,” says the artificial fang producer, who goes by the professional name Dnash.
The last several years I called my ex-husbands “Fang” on stage, too.
In 1989, Fang Lizhi wrote an open letter to Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping demanding the release of political prisoners.
The last fang belonging to chimney-pot Liz had perished in that great conflagration!
And then remorse began to fit a long-pointed fang into a sensitive spot in her heart.
It was a prodigious white fang excrescent from the jaw of the world.
A fang of fire darted from the center of the clouds and the guard rolled down the dyke and lay still at the bottom.
Our more immediate need, however, is to discover a means of defeating the malignity of the detestable Fang.
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