spang

IPA: spˈæŋ

noun

  • (obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
  • (Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.
  • (Scotland) A span.
  • A surname.

verb

  • To set with bright points: star or spangle.
  • To hitch; fasten.
  • (intransitive, of a flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report
  • (intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To leap; spring.
  • (transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.

adverb

  • (dated) Suddenly; slap, smack.
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Examples of "spang" in Sentences

  • I have read it, and you were spang on it is a good read.
  • And spang it: half the people go, what's he talking about?
  • Englishman will mak a spang at it --- But I wash my hands o't
  • The spiteful spang of atomite sent Bert and Daniels to the window.
  • After their meeting, Spang would answer Scott's fan mail through high school.
  • The boy's ears were assailed by the sharp "spang" and "crack" of long-barreled antiaircraft guns and the "whomp" and the
  • This time, as twice before, the broad round boom of a smooth-bore, so different from the short sharp "spang" of a rifle.
  • Englishman will mak a spang at it — But I wash my hands o’t — Follow me sir” (to Andrew), “and I’se show ye where to pit the beasts.”
  • One could almost judge the strength of the opposing forces as the Jerries were using mostly spandaus, the peculiar spang of which is unmistakable.
  • Set roasted beef and pudding on the opposite side o 'the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it -- But I wash my hands o't -- Follow me sir "(to Andrew)," and I'se show ye where to pit the beasts. "
  • Except during yogic nonconceptual cognition of nondenumerable voidness when the process of ridding ourselves forever (spang-ba, abandoning) unawareness begins, unawareness (ma-rig-pa, ignorance) accompanies all moments of conceptual and nonconceptual cognition.

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