gang
A number going in companyA number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
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Meaning
16 sensesA number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
the Gashouse Gang
The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.
A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
Bande, Verbrecherbande, Gangsterbande
ба́ндаbánda, ша́йкаšájka
ба́ндаbánda, вата́гаvatáha, згра́яzhrája
A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.
Bande, Gang
ба́ндаbánda, ша́йкаšájka
ба́ндаbánda, ша́йкаšájka, вата́гаvatáha
A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.
Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
(US)A chain gang.
A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
(Internet, broadly)A term of address for any other person or group of people.
The sun isn't real? What are you even talking about, gang?
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
(broadly, collective)A group of animals.
an organized group of workmen
A group of animals.
(broadly, collective)A group of turkeys.
A set of things.
A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
a gang of saws; a gang of plows; a gang drill; gang milling.
tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
A set; all required for an outfit.
a new gang of stays.
Examples
214 sentencesAre you still a gang member?
Tom isn't a gang member anymore.
Tom is a member of a gang.
Tom was a member of a gang.
Tom isn't a gang member any longer.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-WeFrom Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”).
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Forms
plural: gangsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
63 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- gang member
- a gang member
- in a gang
- isn't a gang
- of a gang