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Fang

[fang]

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noun

one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.

a canine tooth.

a tooth resembling a dog's.

the root of a tooth.

one of the chelicerae of a spider.

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a pointed, tapering part of a thing.

Machinery. the tang of a tool.

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Origin:
before 1050; Middle English, Old English: something caught; cognate with German Fang capture, booty, Old Norse fang a grasp, hold. See fang²

Related forms

fanged

[fangd] , adjective

fang·less, adjective

fang·like, adjective

un·fanged, adjective

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verb (used with object) British Dialect.

to seize; grab.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English fangen to seize, catch; cognate with Old Saxon fangan, German fangen, variant of proto-Germanic *fanhan-, whence Old English fōn, cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fāhan, Old Norse fā; akin to Old English gefangian to fasten

noun, plural Fangs, (especially collectively) Fang for 1.

Also called Pahouin, Pangwe. a member of an indigenous people of Gabon, Cameroon, and adjacent areas.

the Bantu language spoken by this people.

Also, Fan.

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fang¹ (fæŋ)

—n
1.	the long pointed hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake through which venom is injected
2.	any large pointed tooth, esp the canine or carnassial tooth of a carnivorous mammal
3.	the root of a tooth
4.	informal (Brit) (usually plural) tooth: clean your fangs

[Old English fang what is caught, prey; related to Old Norse fang a grip, German Fang booty]

fanged¹

—*adj*

'fangless¹

—*adj*

'fanglike¹

—*adj*

fang² (fæŋ)

—vb
1.	to drive at great speed

—n
2.	an act or instance of driving in such a way: we took the car for a fang

[C20: from Juan Manuel Fangio]

Fang (fæŋ, fɑːŋ)

—n , Fangs, Fang
1.	a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in the rain forests of Gabon and Rio Muni: noted for their use of iron and copper money and for their sculpture
2.	the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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Word Origin & History

fang

O.E. fang "prey, spoils, a seizing or taking," from gefangen, pp. of fon "seize, take, capture," from P.Gmc. *fango- (cf. O.N. fanga, Ger. fangen), from PIE base *pank-/*pak- "to make firm, fix;" connected to L. pax (gen. pacis) "peace." The sense of "canine tooth" (1555) probably

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developed from O.E. fengtoð, lit. "catching- or grasping-tooth."

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Science Dictionary

fang (fāng) Pronunciation Key
A long, pointed tooth in vertebrate animals or a similar structure in spiders, used to seize prey and sometimes to inject venom. The fangs of a poisonous snake, for example, have a hollow groove through which venom flows.

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