Meaning

16 senses
  1. A 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. (US)A chain gang.

  7. A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

  8. 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?

  9. 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

  10. A group of animals.

    (broadly, collective)A group of turkeys.

  11. 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

  12. A set; all required for an outfit.

    a new gang of stays.

Examples

214 sentences
  1. Are you still a gang member?

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  2. Tom isn't a gang member anymore.

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  3. Tom is a member of a gang.

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  4. Tom was a member of a gang.

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  5. Tom isn't a gang member any longer.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
a company of persons:
a company of labourers:
criminal group with a common background:
Русский
By meaning 2
a company of persons:
a company of labourers:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a company of persons:
a company of labourers:
criminal group with a common background:

Origin

From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-We

From 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: gangs
Singulargang
Pluralgangs

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
outhouse:outhouse
Close in meaning

Word family

63 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • gang member
  • a gang member
  • in a gang
  • isn't a gang
  • of a gang

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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