[gang] 
| 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, esp. 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. | 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 or simultaneously. |
| 7. | a group of identical or related items. |
| 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. |
| 10. | 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. |
