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# {{eye dialect of|gan|lang=en}}
# {{eye dialect of|gan|lang=en}}

===Etymology 4===
Shortening of [[gangbang]]

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To [[gangbang]] someone; for multiple men to engage in sexual intercourse with one person.
#*''He still liked the idea of them all ganging her''
#*:[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 ]
#*''there's a thin line to tread to avoid fights or getting "ganged" when rejecting the sexual overtures of incarcerated women.''
#*:[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"]

====References====

[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]


[[Category:English collective nouns]]
[[Category:English collective nouns]]

Revision as of 02:16, 8 July 2015

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

English

Pronunciation

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)

  1. (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)

  1. (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.
  2. 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.
  3. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
    a gang of sailors; a railroad gang.
  4. (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.
  5. 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.
  6. (deprecated template usage) (US) A chain gang.
  7. 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.
  8. A set; all required for an outfit.
    a new gang of stays.
  9. (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.
  10. (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.
  11. (deprecated template usage) (mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
Derived terms
terms derived from gang (noun)

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Translations
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