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gang
1[ gang ]
noun
- a group or band:
A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , ,
- a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, especially such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
- a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons:
I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
a gang of laborers.
Synonyms:
- a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose:
a gang of thieves.
- a set of tools, electronic components or circuits, oars, etc., arranged to work together or simultaneously.
- a group of identical or related items.
verb (used with object)
- to arrange in groups or sets; form into a gang:
to gang illustrations for more economical printing on one sheet.
- to attack in a gang.
verb (used without object)
- to form or act as a gang:
Cutthroats who gang together hang together.
verb phrase
- Informal. (of a number of persons) to unite in opposition to (a person); combine against:
The bigger boys ganged up on the smaller ones in the schoolyard.
gang
2[ gang ]
verb (used without object)
- to walk or go.
gang
1/ ɡæŋ /
noun
- a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body, esp for criminal or illegal purposes
- an organized group of workmen
- a herd of buffaloes or elks or a pack of wild dogs
- a group of shearers who travel to different shearing sheds, shearing, classing, and baling wool
- a series of similar tools arranged to work simultaneously in parallel
- ( as modifier )
a gang saw
verb
- to form into, become part of, or act as a gang
- tr electronics to mount (two or more components, such as variable capacitors) on the same shaft, permitting adjustment by a single control
gang
2/ ɡæŋ /
verb
- to go
gang
3/ ɡæŋ /
noun
- a variant spelling of gangue
Derived Forms
- ganged, adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of gang1
Origin of gang2
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with gang , also see like gangbusters .Example Sentences
I think the film knows that the gang name Bay Boys — the same one as the actual Californians — is a lame idea of cool.
When Moran pushed back, Trump said the reporter wasn’t nice and asked him why he just couldn’t admit it was proof that Garcia was a gang member.
The program, which provides gang intervention and prevention services and community engagement programs, is under the mayor’s office and has a proposed budget of nearly $40 million.
After his arrest in San Diego for gang activity, Alberto was sent back to Mexico just as President Trump was taking office, and found himself homeless and alone in the country of his birth.
Speaking in the House of Lords, Labour's Baroness Hazarika offered an apology on behalf of the Muslim community for the "sickening, despicable, wicked acts" of child grooming gangs.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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