Definitions for ganggæŋ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ganggæŋ(n.)
a group or band:
a gang of sightseers.
a group of youths who associate closely for social reasons, esp. such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
a group of people with compatible tastes or interests:
I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
Category: Common Vocabulary
a group of persons working together.
a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose:
a gang of thieves.
a set of tools, electronic components or circuits, oars, etc., arranged to work together.
Category: Machinery
a group of identical or related items.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(v.t.)to arrange in groups or sets:
to gang illustrations on one sheet.
to attack in a gang.
(v.i.)to form or act as a gang.
gang up on, to set upon or attack as a group.
Category: Verb Phrase, Informal
Origin of gang:
1300–50; OE gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; c. OHG gang, ON gangr; cf. gang2
gang*gæŋ(v.i.)
to go.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Scottish
* Chiefly Scot..
Origin of gang:
bef. 900; OE gangan, gongan
Princeton's WordNet
gang, pack, ring, mob(noun)
an association of criminals
"police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
crowd, crew, gang, bunch(noun)
an informal body of friends
"he still hangs out with the same crowd"
gang, crew, work party(noun)
an organized group of workmen
gang(verb)
tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
gang, gang up(verb)
act as an organized group
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
gang(noun)æŋ
a group of young and often badly behaved people
gangs roaming the streets at night; rival gangs
gangæŋ
a group of criminals working together
a gang of known criminals
gang(verb)æŋ
to join with a group of people to argue with or attack sb
She felt the other girls were ganging up on her.
Webster Dictionary
Gang(verb)
to go; to walk
Gang(verb)
a going; a course
Gang(verb)
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
Gang(verb)
a combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows
Gang(verb)
a set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays
Gang(verb)
the mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue
Translations for gang
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- groepAfrikaans
- فِرْقَه، مَجْموعَهArabic
- групаBulgarian
- bandoPortuguese (BR)
- parta, skupinaCzech
- die TruppeGerman
- arbejdshold; sjakDanish
- ομάδα, συνεργείοGreek
- grupo, cuadrilla, equipoSpanish
- salkEstonian
- گروهFarsi
- työporukkaFinnish
- équipeFrench
- קְבוּצַת פּוֹעָלִיםHebrew
- गिरोहHindi
- bandaCroatian
- csoport, brigádHungarian
- kelompokIndonesian
- (vinnu)hópur/-flokkurIcelandic
- squadraItalian
- 一団Japanese
- 함께 일하는 집단Korean
- būrys, brigadaLithuanian
- (strādnieku) brigādeLatvian
- kumpulan pekerjaMalay
- ploegDutch
- (arbeids)lag, gjengNorwegian
- brygadaPolish
- گروهPersian
- قاز( نرPashto
- bandoPortuguese
- echipăRomanian
- бригадаRussian
- skupinaSlovak
- skupinaSlovenian
- grupaSerbian
- arbetslagSwedish
- กลุ่มThai
- takımTurkish
- 一群(勞工等)Chinese (Trad.)
- бригадаUkrainian
- جتھہUrdu
- đoàn, tốp, kíp, toánVietnamese
- （劳动者的）一队Chinese (Simp.)
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