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rang

1 American  
[rang] / ræŋ /

verb

  1. simple past tense of ring.


rang 2 American  
[rang] / ræŋ /

noun

Informal.
  1. a boomerang.


rang British  
/ ræŋ /

verb

  1. the past tense of ring 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rang

By shortening


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We were four days out from mixing or from mastering the album, and Carlos rang me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

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From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

In a sign of the near-constant threat the city now faces, an air raid alert rang out as Klitschko was speaking to AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The move in yields had reversed by the time the closing bell rang.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

It rang against the rocks as they disappeared into the burn of the great ball of light.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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