tang
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1. tang - Noun
2. tang - Verb
3. Tang - Proper noun
Meaning
A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
The tongue of a buckle.
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
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I like the Wu Tang Clan a lot.
It was one of those days you sometimes get latish in the autumn when the sun beams, the birds toot, and there is a bracing tang in the air that sends the blood beetling briskly through the veins.
What puzzles me most is your criticism that he showed 'no sense of engagement'. I haven't met the expression before, and feel bound to comment on its totalitarian tang. Engagement not with the truth as the speaker apprehends it, but with the alleged opinion of the majority of listeners.
There is nothing more energizing than inhaling the tang of wilderness, loamy after rain, pungent with the richness of earth shuddering with life, or taking in the brisk dry cleanness of winter.
People think that painting is about color It's mostly composition It's composition that's the whole thing The classic image- Two late Tang dishes, one with a flower image, one empty – the empty form goes all the way to heaven It is the classic form – lighter weight.
It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.