gang

Speech parts

1. gang - Noun

2. gang - Verb

Meaning

To go; to walk.

A going; a course.

A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.

A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.

The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crew ring pack mob set group company team party band unit crowd faction troop bunch
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Antonyms

army assembly company force convention division
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Hypernyms

association group tool unit gathering assemblage

Hyponyms

shift detail nest chain gang road gang ground crew

Phrases with the word

gang leader gang together chain gang member gang of criminals criminal gang youth gang

Anagrams

gnag

Examples

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. Mickey Mantle

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country. Don Marquis

Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly. Georg Büchner

The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley. French Proverb

A bairn must creep ere he gang. Scottish Proverb

Kindnesse will creep where it may not gang. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ganetespib ganev Ganey gang bang gang banged gang board