Tang Definition

tăng
tangs
noun
tangs
A strong and penetrating taste or odor.
Webster's New World
A touch or trace (of some quality)
Webster's New World
A projecting point or prong on a chisel, file, knife, etc., that fits into a handle, shaft, etc.
Webster's New World
A sharp point, tongue, or prong.
American Heritage
618-906 a.d.; Chin. dynasty under which literature & art flourished & printing was developed.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
To furnish with a tang.
American Heritage
To provide (a knife, etc.) with a tang.
Webster's New World
To sound with a loud ringing.
Webster's New World

(dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.

Wiktionary
To resound with a tang or cause to resound with a tang.
American Heritage
pronoun

The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.

Wiktionary

The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.

Wiktionary

A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.

Wiktionary

Any of a number of places in China.

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Other Word Forms of Tang

Noun

Singular:
tang
Plural:
tangs

Origin of Tang

  • From Middle English tang (“serpent's tongue", "extension of blade"), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool"), perhaps related to tunga (“tongue"). But see also Old Dutch tanger (“sharp", "tart", "pinching")

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed"), Swedish tÃ¥ng, Icelandic þang

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English tange of Scandinavian origin Old Norse tangi point, sting

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Mandarin T´ng from Middle Chinese tfiaŋ to boast, great, Tang dynasty

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow, tight").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Mandarin (Táng).

    From Wiktionary

  • From poontang by shortening

    From Wiktionary

  • Imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • imitative

    From Wiktionary

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