5. tang a slender projection from an object, as a chisel or knife, serving as attachment for a handle, stock, etc.
6. (n.)tang a sharp ringing or twanging sound; clang.
7. (v.i.)tang to ring or twang; clang.
Etymology: (1550–60; imit.)
Definition of 'tang'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest a tart spicy quality
2. (noun)Tang, Tang dynasty the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
3. (noun)relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
4. (noun)bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
5. (noun)serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, tang brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
6. (noun)tang, sea tang any of various coarse seaweeds
7. (noun)sea tangle, tang any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
Definition of 'tang'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)tang a coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus)
2. (noun)tang a strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask
3. (noun)tang fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang
4. (noun)tang a projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position
5. (noun)tang the part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle
6. (noun)tang the projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock
7. (noun)tang the part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened
8. (noun)tang the tongue of a buckle
9. (noun)tang a sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang
10. (verb)tang to cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring