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gang 1
(găng)n.
1. A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.
2. A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.
3. Informal A group of people who associate regularly on a social basis: The whole gang from the office went to a clambake.
4. A group of laborers organized together on one job or under one foreperson: a railroad gang.
5. A matched or coordinated set, as of tools: a gang of chisels.
6.
a. A pack of wolves or wild dogs.
b. A herd, especially of buffalo or elk.
v. ganged, gang·ing, gangs
v.intr.
To band together as a group or gang.
v.tr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To arrange or assemble into a group, as for simultaneous operation or production: gang several pages onto one printing plate.
2. To attack as an organized group.
gang up
1. To join together in opposition or attack: The older children were always ganging up on the little ones.
2. To act together as a group: various agencies ganging up to combat the use of illicit drugs.
[Middle English, band of men, from Old English, journey, and Old Norse -gangr, journey, group (as in thjofagangr, gang of thieves).]
gang 2
(găng)n.
Variant of gangue.
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gang
(ɡæŋ)n
1. a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body, esp for criminal or illegal purposes
2. an organized group of workmen
3. (Zoology) a herd of buffaloes or elks or a pack of wild dogs
4. (Agriculture) NZ a group of shearers who travel to different shearing sheds, shearing, classing, and baling wool
5. (Mechanical Engineering)
a. a series of similar tools arranged to work simultaneously in parallel
b. (as modifier): a gang saw.
vb
6. to form into, become part of, or act as a gang
7. (Electronics) (tr) electronics to mount (two or more components, such as variable capacitors) on the same shaft, permitting adjustment by a single control
[Old English gang journey; related to Old Norse gangr, Old High German gang, Sanskrit jangha foot]
ganged adj
gang
(ɡæŋ)vb
Scot to go
[Old English gangan to go1]
gang
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gang1
(gæŋ)n.
1. a group or band: a gang of sightseers.
2. a group of youths who associate closely for social reasons, esp. such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
3. a group of people with compatible tastes or interests: I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
4. a group of persons working together.
5. a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose: a gang of thieves.
6. a set of tools, electronic components or circuits, oars, etc., arranged to work together.
7. a group of identical or related items.
v.t. 8. to arrange in groups or sets: to gang illustrations on one sheet.
9. to attack in a gang.
v.i. 10. to form or act as a gang.
11. gang up on, to set upon or attack as a group.
[1300–50; Old English gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; c. Old High German gang, Old Norse gangr; compare gang2]
gang2
(gæŋ)v.i. Chiefly Scot.
to go.
[before 900; Old English gangan, gongan]
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Gang
a full set of things; a quantity or amount carried at one time; a group of persons doing the same work; a group of people or things connected to one another. See also company, set, team.Examples: gang of ale, 1590; of beer, 1590; of buffaloes, 1807; of captives, 1883; of cartwheels [set of four]; a chain gang; of chronographers, 1677; of clerks, 1668; of convicts; of coopers, 1863; of criminals, 1883; of dogs, 1740; of elk; of heretics, 1848; of light harrows [set], 1806; of horseshoes [set], 1590; of housebreakers, 1701; of labourers; of milk, 1827; of oars, 1726; of peat [amount brought by ponies on one trip], 1808; of ploughs, 1874; of porters, 1700; of ruffians; of saws [set], 1883; of shrouds [suit of sails], 1690; of slaves, 1790; of teeth, 1674; of thieves, 1782; of varlets, 1632; of water, 1858; of women [of silly women], 1645; of workmen.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
gang
(group)Past participle: ganged
Gerund: ganging
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gang
(Scottish)Past participle: gane
Gerund: ganging
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| Noun | 1. |  gang - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" nest - a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; "a nest of thieves" youth gang - a gang whose members are teenagers |
| 2. | gang - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place | |
| 3. |  gang - an organized group of workmen social unit, unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" shift - a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time detail - a crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees" chain gang - a gang of convicts chained together ground crew, ground-service crew - the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground road gang - a gang of road workers section gang - a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad stage crew - crew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production crewman - a member of a work crew | |
| 4. | gang - tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation | |
| Verb | 1. | gang - act as an organized group |
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gang
noun
1. group, crowd, pack, company, party, lot, band, crew (informal), bunch, mob, horde He was attacked by a gang of youths.
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gang
nounphrasal verb
gang up
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Translations
عِصَابَةعِصابَهفِرْقَه، مَجْموعَه
gangpartaskupina
bandesjakarbejdshold
jengi
banda
glæpaflokkurhópur
ギャング
갱
gangsterissusidėti sususimokytiveikti prieš
bandabrigāde
ekipatolpazdružiti se
gäng
สมัครพรรคพวก
băng nhóm
gang
[gæŋ]A. N [of thieves] → banda f, pandilla f; [of friends, youths] → grupo m (pej) → pandilla f; [of workmen] → cuadrilla f, brigada f
the Gang Of Four (Pol, Hist) → la Banda de los Cuatro
he's one of the gang now → ya es uno de los nuestros
the Gang Of Four (Pol, Hist) → la Banda de los Cuatro
he's one of the gang now → ya es uno de los nuestros
gang together VI + ADV → formar un grupo or una pandilla, agruparse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
gang
[ˈgæŋ] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
gang
n → Haufen m, → Schar f; (of workers, prisoners) → Kolonne f, → Trupp m; (of criminals, youths, terrorists) → Bande f, → Gang f; (of friends etc: = clique) → Clique f, → Haufen m (inf); there was a whole gang of them → es war ein ganzer Haufen; do you want to be in our gang? → möchtest du zu unserer Bande/Clique gehören?; the Gang of Four → die Viererbande
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
gang
[gæŋ] n (of thieves, youths) → banda; (of friends) → comitiva; (of workmen) → squadragang up vi + adv to gang up (with) → mettersi insieme (a or con)
to gang up on or against sb → far comunella contro qn
to gang up on or against sb → far comunella contro qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gang
(gӕŋ) noun1. a number (of workmen etc) working together. a gang of men working on the railway.
2. a group (of people), usually formed for a bad purpose. a gang of jewel thieves.
ˈgangster noun a member of a gang of criminals.
gang up on to join or act with a person etc against (some other person etc).
gang up with to join or act with.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
gang
→ عِصَابَة gang bande Bande συμμορία pandilla jengi groupe banda banda ギャング 갱 bende gjeng gang gang, gangue банда gäng สมัครพรรคพวก çete băng nhóm 团伙Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
gang
n pandillaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.