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

Etymology: ME, a band or company, orig., a going, journey < OE < base of gangan: see gang

intransitive verb

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

Etymology: ME gangen < OE gangan, akin to ON ganga, Goth gaggan, to go < IE base *ĝhengh- > Sans jáṁhas-, a step