tang

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 See also 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.6 References 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Inflection 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 Estonian 4.1 Noun 5 Kurdish 5.1 Noun 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pinyin syllable 6.1.1 Usage notes 7 Tok Pisin 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Torres Strait Creole 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tæŋ/

  Rhymes: -æŋ

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English tang (“‘serpent's tongue", "extension of blade’”), from Old Norse tangi (“‘pointed metal tool’”), perhaps related to tunga (“‘tongue’”). But see also Old Dutch tanger (“‘sharp", "tart", "pinching’”)

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[edit] Noun

tang (plural tangs)

1. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
2. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
3. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
4. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
5. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
6. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
7. The tongue of a buckle.
8. A group of saltwater fish from the Zebrasoma genus, also known as the surgeon fish.
9. (obsolete) A tongue.
   • 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V,

     Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?

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[edit] See also

• Tang (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Tang (fish)

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[edit] Etymology 2

imitative

[edit] Noun

tang (plural tangs)

1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

[edit] Verb

to tang (third-person singular simple present tangs, present participle tanging, simple past and past participle tanged)

1. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.^[1][2]

[edit] Etymology 3

Probably of Scandinavian origin; cf. Danish tang (“‘seaweed’”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang

[edit] Noun

tang (plural tangs)

1. (rare) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).

[edit] Etymology 4

From poontang by shortening

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tang (plural tangs)

1. (vulgar slang) The vagina; intercourse with a woman.
   • 2002, Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 0-312-31363-2, page 9,

     The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are, and so she spreads it and lubes it for them, so they can think of how good their dick would feel in there, […]

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Eva Crane, The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting, Taylor & Francis (1999), ISBN 0415924677, page 239.
2. ^ Hilda M. Ransome, The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore, Courier Dover Publications (2004), ISBN 048643494X, page 225.

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[edit] Danish

Wikipedia ^da

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse tǫng.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]

[edit] Noun

tang c. (singular definite tangen, plural indefinite tænger)

1. tongs
2. forceps

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse þang.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]

[edit] Noun

tang c. (singular definite tangen, not used in plural form)

1. seaweed

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

tang (plural tangen, diminutive tangetje)

1. pliers
2. tongs
3. (especially the diminutive) pincers, tweezers
4. (figuratively, notably in in de tang) surrounding position
5. (metaphore) shrew, bitch

[edit] Derived terms

• krultang
• nijptang

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Noun

tang

1. groat

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Noun

tang

1. side

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

tang

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, tāng, táng, tǎng, or tàng.

[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.

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[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Etymology

From Tok Pisin tongue.

[edit] Noun

tang

1. (anatomy) tongue

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[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology

From Torres Strait Creole tongue.

[edit] Noun

tang

1. (anatomy) tongue