Lexic.us

Definition of Gang

1. Noun. An association of criminals. "A pack of thieves"

2. Verb. Act as an organized group.

3. Noun. An informal body of friends. "He still hangs out with the same crowd"

4. Noun. An organized group of workmen.

5. Noun. Tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together.

Definition of Gang

1. v. i. To go; to walk.

2. n. A going; a course.

Definition of Gang

1. Verb. (intransitive chiefly UK dialectal Northern England Scotland) To go; walk; proceed. ¹

2. Noun. (context: Now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track ¹

3. Noun. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose ¹

4. Noun. a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad ¹

5. Noun. (American English) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city. ¹

6. Noun. 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. ¹

7. Noun. (American English) A chain gang. ¹

8. Noun. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set ¹

9. Noun. A set; all required for an outfit ¹

10. Noun. (context: electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate. ¹

11. Noun. (context: electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle; ¹

12. Noun. The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. ¹

13. Verb. (intransitive) To band together as a group or gang. ¹

14. Verb. (form of Eye-dialect spelling gan) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gang

1. to form into a gang (a group) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Gang

1. 1. A going; a course. 2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves. 3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labour; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows. 4. A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. 5. [Cf. Gangue. The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. Gang board, or Gang plank. A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. Gang cask, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck. Gang cultivator, Gang plow, a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time. Gang days, Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below). Gang drill, a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. Gang master, a master or employer of a gang of workmen. Gang plank. See Gang board (above). Gang plow. See Gang cultivator (above). Gang press, a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates. Gang saw, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart. Gang tide. See Gang week (below). Gang tooth, a projecting tooth. Gang week, Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. Live gang, or Round gang, the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. Slabbing gang, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam. Origin: Icel. Gangr a going, gang, akin to AS, D, G, & Dan. Gang a going, Goth. Gaggs street, way. See Gang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gang

gandered gandering ganders gandoura gandouras gandy-dancer gandy-dancers gandy dancer gandy dancers gane

ganef ganefs ganesa ganev ganevs gang (current term) gang-flower gang-gang gang-rape gang bangs

gang fight gang rape gang rapes gang rapist gang sign

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