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gang
/ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ/
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What does gang mean?
verb
- To go; walk; proceed.
noun
- A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
- A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
More meanings (18)
noun
- A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
- A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
- A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
- A chain gang.
- A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- A term of address for any other person or group of people.
- A group of animals.
- A group of turkeys.
- A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
- A set; all required for an outfit.
- A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
- A group of wires attached as a bundle.
- A going, journey; a course, path, track.
- Alternative form of gangue.
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
verb
- To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
- Pronunciation spelling of gan.
- Synonym of gangbang.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ/
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They went deliberately, stopping to see what each gang was doing, as if they were on an ordinary round of inspection.
He said, some of it, but the rest was out of pirate-books and robber-books, and every gang that was high-toned had it.
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If he had been there, Freckles would have asked that they delay the felling, but he scarcely liked to ask the gang.
The slave-dealer collects his gang in Virginia or Kentucky, and drives them to some convenient, healthy place,—often a watering place,—to be fattened.
We succeeded by strenuous efforts in getting together a "gang" of both colored and white men to the stupendous number of eight.