fang
1[ fang ]
/ fæŋ /
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Origin of fang
1before 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, adjectiveOther definitions for fang (2 of 3)
fang2
[ fang ]
/ fæŋ /
verb (used with object) British Dialect.
to seize; grab.
Origin of fang
2before 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
Other definitions for fang (3 of 3)
Fang
[ fang, fahng, fahn ]
/ fæŋ, fɑŋ, fɑ̃ /
noun, plural Fangs, (especially collectively) Fang for 1.
Also Fan [fan, fahn] /fæn, fɑn/ .
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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, adjectiveWord 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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