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# {{altname|gangbang|lang=en|nodot=a}}: to [[have]] [[sex]] with a [[single]] [[partner]] as a gang.
# To [[gangbang]] someone; for multiple men to engage in sexual intercourse with one person.
#*: Richard Allen, ''Skinhead'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=TcxCCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT80 p. 80]:
#* ''He still liked the idea of them all ganging her''
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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.''
#*: [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.''
#*: [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====
====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]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=abYBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT8074 ''The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English''].


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# To [[go]].
# To [[go]].
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#* [[w:Robert Burns|Robert Burns]], "A Red, Red, Rose":
#: ''And I will love thee still, my dear''
#: And I will love thee still, my dear<br>Till a’ the seas '''gang''' dry.''
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#* [[w:Robert Burns|Robert Burns]] - ''A Red, Red, Rose''
#*: ''Till a’ the seas '''gang''' dry.''


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Revision as of 00:29, 27 April 2016

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

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English gangen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), 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 gang (“to go on foot, walk”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Faroese ganga (“to walk”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”). 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. (intransitive, chiefly UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English gang, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English gang (“a journey, a way, a passage”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gangaz. Cognate with Dutch gang, German Gang, Icelandic gangur, Norwegian gang ("hallway"), Old Norse gangr (passage, hallway), Swedish gång.

Noun

gang (plural gangs)

  1. (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. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
    • c. 1000 Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, p. 290:
      Þaða he to gange com.
  4. 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.
  5. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
    a gang of sailors; a railroad gang.
  6. (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.
  8. 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.
  9. (US) A chain gang.
  10. 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.
  11. A set; all required for an outfit.
    a new gang of stays.
  12. (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.
  13. (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.
  14. (mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
Synonyms
Derived terms
terms derived from gang (noun)

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