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

before 1050; Middle English, Old English: something caught; cognate with German Fang capture, booty, Old Norse fang a grasp, hold. See fang²

OTHER WORDS FROM fang

fanged

[fangd], /fæŋd/, adjectivefangless, adjectivefanglike, adjectiveun·fanged, adjective

Other definitions for fang (2 of 3)

fang²

[ fang ]

/ fæŋ /

verb (used with object) British Dialect.

to seize; grab.

Origin of fang

before 900; Middle English fangen to seize, catch; cognate with Old Saxon fangan,German fangen, variant of proto-Germanic *fanhan-, whence Old English fōn, cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fāhan,Old Norse fā; akin to Old English gefangian to fasten

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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

So I never allow myself to take anything for granted (or the fanged writing gods will descend on me).
Benjamin Percy: How I Write|Noah Charney|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We swipe a fanged cupcake and fight one last battle, to get out of the party.
New Moon Rises Over Hollywood|Kim Masters|November 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
With great fanged beak out-stretched, it was flapping through the air on leathery wings.
The Lost Warship|Robert Moore Williams
The lizard bird, all claws and fanged mouth and hooked wings, was trying to knock the man down.
The Lost Warship|Robert Moore Williams

He closed his eyes; his body shook with fear; he could almost feel strong, sharp-fanged jaws closing upon his neck!
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park|James Willard Schultz
On that day tame sheep and shambling, horned oxen, and the sharp-fanged dog and hardy mules to the touch of the hand.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica|Homer and Hesiod
Oh, the sorry spectacle a young man makes when that sly snake, jealousy, hath fanged him!
The Little Red Foot|Robert W. Chambers

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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