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noun
1.
a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
2.
a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, especially such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
3.
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.
4.
a group of persons working together; squad; shift: a gang of laborers.
5.
EXPANDa group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose: a gang of thieves.
verb (used with object)
8.
to arrange in groups or sets; form into a gang: to gang illustrations for more economical printing on one sheet.
9.
to attack in a gang.
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verb (used without object)
Verb phrase10.
to form or act as a gang: Cutthroats who gang together hang together.
11.
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:
1300–50; Middle English; Old English gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; cognate with Old High German gang, Old Norse gangr, Gothic gagg; compare gang2
1300–50; Middle English; Old English gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; cognate with Old High German gang, Old Norse gangr, Gothic gagg; compare gang2
Synonyms
1. company, crowd, crew; party, set, clique, coterie. 4. team.
1. company, crowd, crew; party, set, clique, coterie. 4. team.
Example Sentences
- Drug smugglers and gang members can come in right along side economic migrants.
- Gang members themselves do not keep a history or, if they do, do not share it with outsiders.
- He started hanging out with a biker gang and doing drugs.
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| gang3 (ɡæŋ) | |
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| a variant spelling of gangue | |
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gang
O.E. gong "a going, journey, way, passage," and O.N. gangr "a group of men, a set," both from P.Gmc. *gangaz (noun of action related to *gangan "to go"), from PIE base *ghengh- "to step" (cf. Skt. jangha "shank," Avestan zanga- "ankle," Lith. zengiu "I stride"). The sense evolution is probably via meaning
EXPAND"a set of articles that are usually taken together in going," especially a set of tools used on the same job. By 1620s this had been extended in nautical speech to mean "a company of workmen," and by 1630s the word was being used, with disapproving overtones, for "any band of persons traveling together." Gangway preserves the original sense of the word, as does gangplank (1846, Amer.Eng., replacing earlier gang-board). To gang up (on) is first attested 1925. To come on like gangbusters (c.1940) is from radio drama "Gangbusters" (1937-57) which always opened with a cacophony of sirens, screams, shots, and jarring music. Gang of Four (1976) translates Chinese sirenbang, the nickname given to the four leaders of the Cultural Revolution who took the fall in Communist China after the death of Mao.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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gang
a group of persons, usually youths, who share a common identity and who generally engage in criminal behaviour. In contrast to the criminal behaviour of other youths, the activities of gangs are characterized by some level of organization and continuity over time. There is no consensus on the exact definition of a gang, however, and scholars have debated whether the definition should expressly include involvement in crime. Some gangs, but not all, have strong leadership, formalized rules, and extensive use of common identifying symbols. Many gangs associate themselves with a particular geographic area or type of crime, and some use graffiti as a form of nonverbal communication
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