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===Etymology 4=== |
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Shortening of [[gangbang]] |
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# To [[gangbang]] someone; for multiple men to engage in sexual intercourse with one person. |
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#*''He still liked the idea of them all ganging her'' |
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#*:[https://books.google.com/books?id=TcxCCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT80&dq=%22ganging+her%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AIOcVZ7uOsKq-AHW_7rACQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22ganging%20her%22&f=false "Skinhead" by Richard Allen ] |
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#*''there's a thin line to tread to avoid fights or getting "ganged" when rejecting the sexual overtures of incarcerated women.'' |
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#*:[https://books.google.com/books?id=uMJ3bVRAXTAC&pg=PA124&dq=%22getting+ganged%22+-%22ganged+up%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NIecVY2LM4vq-QHs2q74BA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22getting%20ganged%22%20-%22ganged%20up%22&f=false "Current Perspectives on Sex Crimes"] |
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====References==== |
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[https://books.google.com/books?id=abYBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT8074&dq=%22gang+her%22+gangbang&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HoKcVbnBGsvt-AHb84HgAg&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22gang%20her%22%20gangbang&f=false ''The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English'' edited by Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor] |
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Revision as of 02:16, 8 July 2015
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: găng, (deprecated use of
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Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) gangen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) gangan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots (deprecated template usage) gang, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) gånga, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Faroese (deprecated template usage) ganga, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic (deprecated template usage) ganga. Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.
Verb
gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)
- (deprecated template usage) (intransitive, chiefly UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) gang, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) gang, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gangaz. Cognate with Dutch (deprecated template usage) gang, Icelandic (deprecated template usage) gangur, Norwegian (deprecated template usage) gang ("hallway"), Old Norse (deprecated template usage) gangr (passage, hallway), Swedish (deprecated template usage) gång.
Noun
gang (plural gangs)
- (deprecated template usage) (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
- 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes I":
- In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
- 1869, Papa André, Once a Week, page 418/1:
- That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon ganger, to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.
- 1895, Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl, Modern Language Association of America, page 229:
- Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
- 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes I":
- A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
- the Gashouse Gang
- The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
- A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
- a gang of sailors; a railroad gang.
- (deprecated template usage) (US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
- a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
- A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit, or a group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
- the Winter Hill gang; the Gang of Four.
- Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
- (deprecated template usage) (US) A chain gang.
- A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
- a gang of saws; a gang of plows.
- A set; all required for an outfit.
- a new gang of stays.
- (deprecated template usage) (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
- an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.
- (deprecated template usage) (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
- 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.
- (deprecated template usage) (mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
Derived terms
Translations
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. Verbgang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)
See alsoEtymology 3See (deprecated template usage) gan. Verbgang (second-person singular simple present gangst)
Etymology 4Shortening of gangbang Verbgang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)
ReferencesThe New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English edited by Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor AfrikaansEtymologyFrom (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) gang. Noungang (plural gange)
BalineseEtymologyFrom (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) gang. Noungang DanishEtymology 1From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) gangr, compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) gang. Noungang c (singular definite gangen, plural indefinite gange)
InflectionDeclension of gang
Etymology 2See gange. Verbgang DutchPronunciation
EtymologyFrom (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch (deprecated template usage) ganc, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch (deprecated template usage) gank, (deprecated template usage) gang, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gangaz. Noungang m (plural gangen, diminutive gangetje n) Derived termsFrenchEtymologyPronunciation
Noungang m (plural gangs) External links
IndonesianEtymologyFrom (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) gang. Noungang (first-person possessive gangku, second-person possessive gangmu, third-person possessive gangnya)
Verbgang
MandarinPronunciation
Romanizationgang
Usage notes
NorwegianEtymologyFrom (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) gangr. Noungang m
InflectionInflection of gang
Derived terms
See also
Old EnglishEtymologyFrom the verb (deprecated template usage) gangan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”). Noungang m (nominative plural gangas)
Noungang n (nominative plural gangas)
Derived termsterms derived from gang (noun)
ScotsAlternative formsEtymologyFrom (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) gangan, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) ganga, with inflected forms from (deprecated template usage) gān (like English (deprecated template usage) go). Pronunciation
Verbgang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)
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