gang
IPA: gˈæŋ
noun
- A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
- A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
- A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
- A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
- A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
- (US) A chain gang.
- A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
- A set; all required for an outfit.
- (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
- (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- (African-American Vernacular, used in the vocative) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- (mining) Alternative form of gangue [(mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.]
verb
- (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
- (transitive) To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
- Synonym of gangbang
- Pronunciation spelling of gan. [(Northumbria) To go.]
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Examples of "gang" in Sentences
- The gang crippled him.
- She is the head of the gang.
- He is the only lizard in the gang.
- The core of the gang was convicted.
- The cops put the squeeze on the gang.
- She is also the machinist of the gang.
- The logo of COG is the Gang gang Cockatoo.
- The most outgoing person in the gang, Ron is the life of the band.
- Among the most ruthless criminals was the gang of Joaquin Murietta.
- Despite the criminality of the gang, Queen also came to see their camaraderie.
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