Meaning

18 senses
  1. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

    Fangzahn, Reißzahn

    клыкklyk

    і́клоíklo

    canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey

  2. A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.

    Giftzahn

    an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs

  3. A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.

  4. (colloquial)Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.

  5. Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.

  6. (Scotland, dialectal)A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.

  7. (Scotland, dialectal)That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.

  8. Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly

    Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.

  9. Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.

  10. Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.

  11. The valve of a pump-box.

  12. (Derbyshire, dialectal)A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. The snake hissed and bared its fangs.

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  2. Which snake has the longest fangs?

    Яка змія має найдовші ікла?

    ruУ какой змеи самые длинные клыки?

    deWelche Schlange hat die längsten Fangzähne?

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  3. This spider has very large fangs.

    ruУ этого паука очень большие клыки.

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  4. This spider has big sharp fangs.

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  5. My dog was barking and showing its fangs.

    ruМоя собака лаяла, обнажая клыки.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
prominent canine tooth:
Русский
By meaning 1
prominent canine tooth:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
prominent canine tooth:
a tooth that can inject venom:

Origin

From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English f

From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand. See also related senses of Etymology 3 below.

From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”).

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Forms

plural: fangs
Singularfang
Pluralfangs

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
toothA1rootA2fangtoothmandibletangvangparticularly in humanstrap or nooseclaw or talonspike or prongany sharp projectioncage-shuts
stolen goods:booty
Close in meaning

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fang — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto