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fang

1

[fang]

noun

  1. one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.

  2. a canine tooth.

  3. a tooth resembling a dog's.

  4. the root of a tooth.

  5. one of the chelicerae of a spider.

  6. a pointed, tapering part of a thing.

  7. Machinery.the tang of a tool.



fang

2

[fang]

verb (used with object)

British Dialect.
  1. to seize; grab.

Fang

3
Also Fan

[fang, fahng, fahn]

noun

plural

Fangs 
,

plural

Fang .
  1. Also called Pahouin, Pangwe.a member of an Indigenous people of Gabon, Cameroon, and adjacent areas.

  2. the Bantu language spoken by this people.

fang

1

/ æŋ /

noun

  1. the long pointed hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake through which venom is injected

  2. any large pointed tooth, esp the canine or carnassial tooth of a carnivorous mammal

  3. the root of a tooth

  4. informal(usually plural) tooth

    clean your fangs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fang

2

/ æŋ /

verb

  1. to drive at great speed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an act or instance of driving in such a way

    we took the car for a fang

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Fang

3

/ æŋ, fɑːŋ /

noun

  1. a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in the rain forests of Gabon and Rio Muni: noted for their use of iron and copper money and for their sculpture

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fang

  1. A long, pointed tooth in vertebrate animals or a similar structure in spiders, used to seize prey and sometimes to inject venom. The fangs of a poisonous snake, for example, have a hollow groove through which venom flows.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • fanged adjective
  • fangless adjective
  • fanglike adjective
  • unfanged adjective
  • ˈڲԲˌ adjective
  • ˈڲԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fang1

First recorded before 1050; Middle English “prey, purchase, spoils,” Old English: “booty”; cognate with German Fang “capture, booty,” Old Norse fang “a grasp, hold”; fang 2

Origin of fang2

First recorded before 900; Middle English fangen, fengen, earlier and Old English fon “to seize, catch”; cognate with Old Saxon fangan and fahan, German fangen and fahen, Old Icelandic fangan and á
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fang1

Old English fang what is caught, prey; related to Old Norse fang a grip, German Fang booty

Origin of fang2

C20: from Juan Manuel Fangio
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It is exactly what she's trying to achieve - that way she can suck the venom from its fangs using a small pipette.

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At some point, I expect we will see widespread protests in the streets as Trump continues to bare his authoritarian fangs.

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The real problem is America has not been occupied by a foreign military so there’s no lived experience of what happens when oligarchs sink their fangs into a country.

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Wearing fangs, going up on a wire, being able to fly.

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Once that is done,”We apply fangs or teeth, contact lenses, wigs, a full-body suit.”

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