gang

[ gang ]

/ gæŋ /

noun

a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.

a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, especially such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.

a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons: I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.

a group of persons working together; squad; shift: a gang of laborers.

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 or simultaneously.

a group of identical or related items.

verb (used with object)

to arrange in groups or sets; form into a gang: to gang illustrations for more economical printing on one sheet.

to attack in a gang.

verb (used without object)

to form or act as a gang: Cutthroats who gang together hang together.

Verb Phrases

gang up on, Informal. (of a number of persons) to unite in opposition to (a person); combine against: The bigger boys ganged up on the smaller ones in the schoolyard.

Origin of gang

1300–50; Middle English; Old English gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; cognate with Old High German gang, Old Norse gangr, Gothic gagg; cf. gang²

SYNONYMS FOR gang

1 company, crowd, crew; party, set, clique, coterie.

4 team.

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Words nearby gang

gandzha, gane, ganef, ganesh, ganesha, gang, gang drill, gang hook, gang of four, gang plough, gang plow

Definition for gang (2 of 2)

gang ²

[ gang ]

/ gæŋ /

verb (used without object) Chiefly Scot. and North England.

to walk or go.

Origin of gang

before 900; Middle English gangen, Old English gangan, gongan; cognate with Old High German gangan, Old Norse ganga, Gothic gaggan; cf. gang¹, noun derivative from same base

Example sentences from the Web for gang

How do you feel about Archer and the gang abandoning the cartel and returning to the office?

‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS |Marlow Stern |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Gang tattoos are still inked onto his face, like scarlet letters.

How Good Dads Can Change the World |Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Brooklyn musician Bobby Shmurda, whose ‘Shmoney Dance’ went viral, was arrested today on ‘gang conspiracy’ charges, police said.

Rapper Bobby Shmurda Arrested at New York’s Notorious Quad Studios |M.L. Nestel |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Gang warlords, locked down in Super Maxes like Pelican Bay pass on instructions to thousands of followers.

The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs |Seth Ferranti |December 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The whole purpose of the gang is to generate money for its incarcerated leaders.

The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs |Seth Ferranti |December 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Dimber-damber, very pretty; a clever rogue who excels his fellows; chief of a gang.

The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten
Two good men could turn out three times the stuff all that gang does in about half the time.

The Rules of the Game |Stewart Edward White
Who in thunder do you think that gang is youve been associating with?

Local Color |Irvin S. Cobb
After delivering our supplies to the hut we went out to where a gang of soldiers who were off duty had gathered in the forest.

The Fight for the Argonne |William Benjamin West
The holder of it proved to be a workman of the gang, and between us and him the strangest parley ensued.

The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete |George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for gang (1 of 3)

gang ¹

/ (ɡæŋ) /

noun

a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body, esp for criminal or illegal purposes

an organized group of workmen

a herd of buffaloes or elks or a pack of wild dogs

NZ a group of shearers who travel to different shearing sheds, shearing, classing, and baling wool

a series of similar tools arranged to work simultaneously in parallel
(as modifier)a gang saw

verb

to form into, become part of, or act as a gang

(tr) electronics to mount (two or more components, such as variable capacitors) on the same shaft, permitting adjustment by a single control

Derived forms of gang

ganged, adjective

Word Origin for gang

Old English gang journey; related to Old Norse gangr, Old High German gang, Sanskrit jangha foot

British Dictionary definitions for gang (2 of 3)

gang ²

/ (ɡæŋ) /

verb

Scot to go

Word Origin for gang

Old English gangan to go 1

British Dictionary definitions for gang (3 of 3)

gang ³

/ (ɡæŋ) /

noun

a variant spelling of gangue

Idioms and Phrases with gang

gang

In addition to the idiom beginning with gang

gang up

also see:

like gangbusters

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verb (used without object) Chiefly Scot. and North England.

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gang

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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SYNONYMS FOR gang

Words nearby gang

Definition for gang (2 of 2)

verb (used without object) Chiefly Scot. and North England.

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noun

verb

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