gang

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See also Gang, gång, gäng, gāng, gǎng, gàng, găng, and gắng

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-Germanic *ganganan (“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”).

[edit] Verb

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English gong (“a journey, a way, a passage”) and Old Norse gangr (“a group of men”)

[edit] Noun

gang (plural gangs)

  1. (obsolete) A going; a course.
  2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad
    a gang of sailors; a chain gang ; a gang of thieves.
  3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set
    a gang of saws, or of plows.
  4. A set; all required for an outfit
    a new gang of stays.
  5. The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
  6. (Electrical components) The number of switches wired into one face plate.
  7. (electrical components) A group of wires attached as a collection;
    a gang of wires.
    Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.
  8. (US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from gang (noun)
[edit] Translations
a company of persons
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[edit] Verb

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)

  1. (intransitive) To band together as a group or gang.
    "Lets's gang up on them."

[edit] See also

Appendix:English collective nouns

[edit] Etymology 3

See gan.

[edit] Verb

gang (second-person singular simple present gangst)

  1. Eye-dialect spelling of gan

[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch gang

[edit] Noun

gang

  1. A passageway, alley

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

contraction of the root of gaan 'to go' (cognate with English gang) + -ing

[edit] Noun

gang m. (plural gangen, diminutive gangetje)

  1. passageway, alley
  2. gait
  3. journey
  4. hallway, corridor
  5. course
  6. walk, way of stepping, running etc.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From English

[edit] Noun

gang m. (plural gangs)

  1. gang, group of ill-doers

[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch gang (“passageway, alley”)

[edit] Noun

gang

  1. Alleyway, alley, narrow street. A narrow pathway bound by walls on both sides.
    • gang buntu — dead-end alley
  2. An organized crime group.
  3. A group of people with distinct identity, such as high school mates. See also geng.

[edit] Verb

gang

  1. To form a gang group.

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

gang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gǎng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of gàng.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse gangr.

[edit] Noun

gang m.

  1. hall, hallway
    Sett fra deg skoene i gangen. (Bokmål)
    Sett frå deg skorne i gangen. (Nynorsk)
    Leave your shoes in the hallway.
  2. passage, corridor
    I enden av den lange gangen er klasserommet.
    The class room is at the end of the long corridor.
  3. aisle
  4. walk, path
  5. walk, walking, going
  6. walk, gait
    Gangen hans er litt merkelig. (Bokmål)
    Gangen hans er litt merkeleg. (Nynorsk)
    His gait is a bit weird
  7. working, running, action, movement, motion, operation
  8. course; passage
  9. course; march
  10. (Bokmål) time
    Vi vant fem ganger på rad!
    We won five times in a row!
  11. plot, action
    Historiens gang var litt komplisert. (Bokmål)
    Gangen i soga var litt komplisert. (Nynorsk)
    The plot of the story was somewhat complicated.
  12. (mining) dike, lode
  13. vein
  14. (anatomy) duct

[edit] Inflection

    Inflection of gang
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m gang gangen ganger gangene
Nynorsk m gang gangen gangar gangane

[edit] Scots

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

From Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from gān ( > English go).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡɑŋ/

[edit] Verb

tae gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)

  1. To go.
    And I will love thee still, my dear
    • Robert Burns - A Red, Red, Rose
      Till a’ the seas gang dry.
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