Meaning

5 senses

  1. To set with bright points: star or spangle.

  2. To hitch; fasten.

  3. (intransitive)Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report.

  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)To leap; spring.

    a. 1758, Allan Ramsay, epistle to Robert Yarde But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense.

    leap, jerk, bang

  5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.

Origin

From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a

From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup”), likely from Middle Dutch spange (“buckle, clasp”) or Old English spang (“buckle, clasp”).

Uncertain. Cognate with Scots spang, and possibly related to English spank.

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Forms

spangs, spanging, spanged, spanged
Base formspang · to spang
3rd person singularspangs
Present participlespanging
Past simplespanged
Past participlespanged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspang
he, she, itspangs

Past simpleLesson

all personsspanged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spanged
he, she, ithas spanged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spang

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • leap, jerk, bang:bang

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
spamspanB2spanglespaniel
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