thang

[ thang ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

thing ¹:
They put a device on that gas meter thang stickin' up in the backyard.
You just go on ahead and do your thang.
He couldn't explain it; I guess it's a man thang.

Origin of thang¹

First recorded in 1930–35; variant pronunciation of thing ¹( def )

(it) ain't no thang, it's nothing to fuss or worry about; it's easy, unimportant, or unremarkable:
Don't be ashamed—ain't no thang.
You try and complete 150 situps while trying to pretend it ain't no thang!
like it ain't no thang,
1. as if it were effortless or unremarkable:
  They raised $7 million like it ain't no thang.
2. like crazy; with great enthusiasm, energy, or speed:
  I'm putting on weight like it ain't no thang!
  Saturdays we party like it ain't no thang.

Richard has one blue eye and one amber eye, and loves to have his owner take videos of him doing his thang.

These incapable hands alone shall have the overwhelming distinction of drawing forth the illustrious Thang-li.

"They are indeed," replied Thang-li, with that ingratiating candour that marked his whole existence.

But Sa-Thang propagated lies, and stained by his malice that which had been pure and holy.

It is possibly a specimen of the skill of Thang-kong, who lived between 1736 and 1795, and was director of the Imperial works.

Thus, the Thang white made by Ho is said to have been brilliant as jade, and a contemporary was making vases of artificial jade.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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