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gang
1 [gang]
–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, 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. |
–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. |
–verb (used without object)
—Verb phrase| 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. |
Origin:
1300–50; ME; OE gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; c. OHG gang, ON gangr, Goth gagg; cf. gang 2
1300–50; ME; OE gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; c. OHG gang, ON gangr, Goth gagg; cf. gang 2

Synonyms:
1. company, crowd, crew; party, set, clique, coterie. 4. team.
1. company, crowd, crew; party, set, clique, coterie. 4. team.
gang
2 [gang]
–verb (used without object) Chiefly Scot. and North England.
| to walk or go. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME gangen, OE gangan, gongan; c. OHG gangan, ON ganga, Goth gaggan; cf. gang 1 , n. deriv. from same base
bef. 900; ME gangen, OE gangan, gongan; c. OHG gangan, ON ganga, Goth gaggan; cf. gang 1 , n. deriv. from same base

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gang 1 (gāng) n.
v. intr. To band together as a group or gang. v. tr.
gang up
[Middle English, band of men, from Old English, journey, and Old Norse -gangr, journey, group (as in thjofagangr, gang of thieves).] |
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