Gang

From Fresh Dictionary

See also gång, gäng

English

Noun

Singular gang

Plural gangs

1. A going; a course.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
5. The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.

Verb

Infinitive to gang

Third person singular gangs

Simple past ganged

Past participle ganged

Present participle ganging

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To band together as a group or gang.

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