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gang

noun

  1. a group of people associated together in some way; specif.,
    1. a group of workers directed by a foreman
    2. an organized group of criminals
    3. a squad of convicts at work
    4. a group of youths from one neighborhood banded together for social reasons; often specif., a band of juvenile delinquents
  2. a set of like tools, machines, components, etc., designed or arranged to work together: often used attributively: gang drills
  3. a very large number of persons or things

intransitive verb

☆ to form, or be associated in, a gang (with up)

transitive verb

  1. Informal to attack as a gang
  2. ☆ to arrange in a gang, or coordinated set

intransitive verb

Scot. to go or work

See gang in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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