fang

[ fang ]

/ fæŋ /

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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.

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Origin of fang

First recorded before 1050; Middle English “prey, purchase, spoils,” Old English: “booty”; cognate with German Fang “capture, booty,” Old Norse fang “a grasp, hold”; see also fang²

OTHER WORDS FROM fang

fanged

[fangd], /fæŋd/, adjectivefang·less, adjectivefang·like, adjectiveun·fanged, adjective

Words nearby fang

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Other definitions for fang (2 of 3)

fang²

[ fang ]

/ fæŋ /

verb (used with object) British Dialect.

to seize; grab.

Origin of fang

First recorded before 900; Middle English fangen, fengen, earlier and Old English fon “to seize, catch”; cognate with Old Saxon fangan and fahan, German fangen and fahen, Old Icelandic fangan and fá

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Fang

[ fang, fahng, fahn ]

/ fæŋ, fɑŋ, fɑ̃ /

noun, plural Fangs, (especially collectively) Fang for 1.

Also called Pahouin, Pangwe. a member of an Indigenous people of Gabon, Cameroon, and adjacent areas.

the Bantu language spoken by this people.

Also Fan

[fan, fahn] /fæn, fɑn/ .

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How to use fang in a sentence

Meanwhile, Namaari has grown up to lead her home tribe, Fang, but has begun questioning the aggressive direction of her clan.
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Raya is still just a young girl, so she’s easy prey for Namaari, the daughter of the visiting Fang leader.
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As Swalwell rose in the ranks, Fang became an even bigger supporter.
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Just mark the spot on your wall and push, and a pair of hardened steel fangs will dig securely into drywall.
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Having one big fang near the middle of the mouth is pretty unusual, Claeson notes.
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As Lee Fang recounted at The Nation, Obama made them a centerpiece of his campaign.
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But, as Fang continued, the administration quickly evolved away from that position.
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“Most are less proactive,” says the artificial fang producer, who goes by the professional name Dnash.
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The last several years I called my ex-husbands “Fang” on stage, too.
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In 1989, Fang Lizhi wrote an open letter to Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping demanding the release of political prisoners.
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The last fang belonging to chimney-pot Liz had perished in that great conflagration!
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
And then remorse began to fit a long-pointed fang into a sensitive spot in her heart.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
It was a prodigious white fang excrescent from the jaw of the world.
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A fang of fire darted from the center of the clouds and the guard rolled down the dyke and lay still at the bottom.
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Our more immediate need, however, is to discover a means of defeating the malignity of the detestable Fang.
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British Dictionary definitions for fang (1 of 3)

fang¹

/ (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

(usually plural) British informal toothclean your fangs

Derived forms of fang

fanged, adjectivefangless, adjectivefanglike, adjective

Word Origin for fang

Old English fang what is caught, prey; related to Old Norse fang a grip, German Fang booty

British Dictionary definitions for fang (2 of 3)

fang²

/ (fæŋ) Australian informal /

verb (intr)

to drive at great speed

noun

an act or instance of driving in such a waywe took the car for a fang

Word Origin for fang

C20: from Juan Manuel Fangio

British Dictionary definitions for fang (3 of 3)

Fang

/ (fæŋ, fɑːŋ) /

noun

plural Fangs or Fang 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

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Scientific definitions for fang

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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