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fang

/ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/

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What does fang mean?

noun

  1. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
  2. A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
  3. A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
More meanings (30)

noun

  1. Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
  2. Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
  3. A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
  4. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
  5. Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
  6. Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
  7. Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
  8. The valve of a pump-box.
  9. A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
  10. A people of western Africa.
  11. (obsolete) Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.
  12. (obsolete) Synonym of trap or noose.
  13. (obsolete) Synonym of root, a major projection of a plant's root system.
  14. (obsolete) Synonym of claw or talon.
  15. (archaic) Synonym of vang, a line extended from the end of a gaff to control its position.
  16. (rare) Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.

verb

  1. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
  2. To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
  3. To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
  4. (slang) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
  5. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
  6. (archaic) To catch, capture; seize.
  7. (obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
  8. (obsolete) To receive with hospitality.
  9. (obsolete) To receive.

proper noun

  1. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
  2. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.
  3. A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
  4. A surname from Mandarin
  5. Four large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈfɛ̃ŋ/
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Do your offices, do your offices, Master Fang and Master Snare, do me, do me, do me your offices.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
The fang of the tooth that has dropped out is nearly all absorbed or eaten away, leaving little more than the crown.
Pye Henry ChavasseAdvice to a Mother on the Management of Her ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #6595
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He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang.
Jack LondonThe call of the wildProject Gutenberg ebook #215
Rushing towards it the horrified trapper found that the body was still warm, but that the neck was broken, while there were four great fang marks in the throat.
Theodore RooseveltHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and RifleProject Gutenberg ebook #3337
It was then thought wise to examine the boots, and in one of them was found, firmly embedded, the fang of the serpent.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747