fang

[ fang ]

/ fæŋ /

verb (used with object) British Dialect.

to seize; grab.

Nearby words

fanfaron, fanfaronade, fanfic, fanfish, fanfold, fang, fang lizhi, fanged, fangio, fangirl, fango

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

Definition for fanged (2 of 2)

fang

[ fang ]

/ fæŋ /

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.

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

Related forms

fanged

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

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Examples from the Web for fanged

So I never allow myself to take anything for granted (or the fanged writing gods will descend on me).
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We swipe a fanged cupcake and fight one last battle, to get out of the party.
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And the fanged face of the drock turned into the square, battered face of Jarvis Spurling.
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He was loved by every man, woman and child, and feared only by the fanged wolves and hyenas that threatened to ravage the flock.
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Inwardly they felt a painful constriction, a contraction to something hard, intent, and fanged.
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It came from the fanged mouths of serpents, and yet it is called "glad tidings of great joy."
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Unable to turn his back on the fanged danger and go on, the bull would be driven into paroxysms of rage.
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British Dictionary definitions for fanged (1 of 3)

fang

/ (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

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 fanged (2 of 3)

fang

/ (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 fanged (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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Science definitions for fanged

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.