Gang meaning
The definition of a gang is a group of people who spend a lot of time together, often for negative purposes such as stealing or attacking others.
An example of a gang is a group of youths who frequently rob stores and beat up others.
noun
A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.
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A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.
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A group of people who associate regularly on a social basis.
The whole gang from the office went to a clambake.
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A group of laborers organized together on one job or under one foreperson.
A railroad gang.
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A matched or coordinated set, as of tools.
A gang of chisels.
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A pack of wolves or wild dogs.
noun
A herd, especially of buffalo or elk.
noun
To band together as a group or gang.
verb
To arrange or assemble into a group, as for simultaneous operation or production.
Gang several pages onto one printing plate.
verb
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To attack as an organized group.
verb
A group of people associated together in some way.
- A group of workers directed by a foreman.
- An organized group of criminals.
- A squad of convicts at work.
- A group of youths from one neighborhood banded together for social reasons; often specif., a band of juvenile delinquents.
noun
A set of like tools, machines, components, etc., designed or arranged to work together.
Gang drills.
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A very large number of persons or things.
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To form, or be associated in, a gang (with up)
verb
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To attack as a gang.
verb
To arrange in a gang, or coordinated set.
verb
To go or work.
verb
The Gashouse Gang.
The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
noun
A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
A gang of sailors; a railroad gang.
noun
(US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
A youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
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A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit, or a group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
The Winter Hill gang; the Gang of Four.
Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
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(US) A chain gang.
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A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
A gang of saws; a gang of plows.
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(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
An outlet gang box; a double gang switch.
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Origin of gang
From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”). Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”). Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.