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Definitions for 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, especially 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.
[12] to walk or go.
[13] a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body, esp for criminal or illegal purposes
[14] an organized group of workmen
[15] a herd of buffaloes or elks or a pack of wild dogs
[16] NZ a group of shearers who travel to different shearing sheds, shearing, classing, and baling wool
[17] a series of similar tools arranged to work simultaneously in parallel (as modifier ) a gang saw
[18] to form into, become part of, or act as a gang
[19] (tr) electronics to mount (two or more components, such as variable capacitors) on the same shaft, permitting adjustment by a single control
[20] Scot to go
[21] a variant spelling of gangue

Words related to Gang

clan, tribe, company, clique, crew, band, squad, troop, party, syndicate, organization, ring, team, bunch, horde, coterie, crowd, club, shift, posse

Words nearby Gang

gandzha, gane, ganef, ganesh, ganesha, gang, gang drill, gang hook, gang of four, gang plough, gang plow

Origin of Gang

2before 900; Middle English gangen, Old English gangan, gongan; cognate with Old High German gangan, Old Norse ganga, Gothic gaggan; cf. gang1, noun derivative from same base

Word origin for Gang

Old English gangan to go 1

Synonyms for Gang

band, bunch, clan, clique, company, crew, organization, party, ring, squad, syndicate, team, tribe, troop, assemblage, circle, club, cluster, combo, coterie, crowd, herd, horde, knot, lot, outfit, pack, posse, set, shift, troupe, workers, zoo