thang

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See also: Thang, tháng, thắng, Thắng, and thẳng

English

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Etymology

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An altered spelling of thing, representing pronunciation in the southern United States (see thank–think merger); compare everytang.

Also see archaic variants for "thing" like Middle English theing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thang (plural thangs)

  1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of thing, usually used to denote a known fad or popular activity.
    It's cool, girl, it ain't no thang.
    Do your own thang.
    • 1977, “Sweet Thang”, in Freedom Flight, performed by Shuggie Otis:
      Ooh baby, sweet thang
    • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 180:
      I loved playing ball for Syracuse. Couldn't get enough of doing my thang on that court and showing motherfuckers all my skills.

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Verb

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thang

  1. to go

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of thang – see (“can; may”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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(classifier cái, chiếc) thang (, 󱥭, , , )

  1. a ladder
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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thang

  1. (alternative medicine) a prescribed dose of Chinese or Vietnamese medicine
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