Gang Definition

găng
ganged, ganging, gangs
noun
gangs
A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.
American Heritage
A group of people associated together in some way.
Webster's New World
A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.
American Heritage
A very large number of persons or things.
Webster's New World
A set of like tools, machines, components, etc., designed or arranged to work together.
Gang drills.
Webster's New World
verb
ganged, ganging, gangs
To form, or be associated in, a gang (with up)
Webster's New World
To arrange in a gang, or coordinated set.
Webster's New World
To attack as a gang.
Webster's New World
To arrange or assemble into a group, as for simultaneous operation or production.
Gang several pages onto one printing plate.
American Heritage
To go or work.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
gang up on
  • to attack or oppose as a group
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gang

Noun

Singular:
gang
Plural:
gangs

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Gang

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.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey, a way, a passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz. Cognate with Dutch gang, Icelandic gangur, Norwegian gang ("hallway"), Old Norse gangr (passage, hallway).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English band of men from Old English journey and Old Norse -gangr journey, group (as in thjofagangr gang of thieves)

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

  • See gan.

    From Wiktionary

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