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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
He said he has been in the UK for five years seeking asylum, having fled gang violence in South America.
Police say they have dismantled an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the last year.
Peaches died early in this downhill slide, but now Cliff is gone too, having been abducted and tortured by the gang.
The administration alleges that he was a member of a transnational Salvadorian gang MS-13, which he denies.
Ola worked alone, but other cases show how sextortion in Lagos has evolved into more organised networked operations - gangs run with leaders, hierarchies and pooled resources, designed to maximise profit.
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