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gang
1[gang]
noun
a group or band.
A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
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 group of persons working together; squad; shift.
a gang of laborers.
Synonyms: teama 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
gang up on, (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
1/ 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
2/ ɡæŋ /
verb
to go
gang
3/ ɡæŋ /
noun
a variant spelling of gangue
Other Word Forms
- ganged adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gang1
Origin of gang2
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
This week, two men affiliated with a notorious street gang were convicted on multiple felony counts for their coordinated attack on the pair in Lake Forest in October 2018, authorities said.
The protesters also demanded that the government do more to combat corruption and crime, specifically a wave of extortions which has seen bus and taxi drivers threatened by gangs.
“These criminal networks have issued explicit instructions to U.S.-based sympathetics, including street gangs in Chicago, to monitor, harass, and assassinate federal agents,” DHS asserted.
The feud has resulted in a series of assaults, shootings and firebombings against individuals linked to the rival gangs in the east and west of the country.
One Hamas internal security unit recently pledged to "eradicate gangs and militias" it accused of co-operating "with the enemy".
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