spang
To set with bright points: star or spangleTo set with bright points: star or spangle.
Meaning
5 sensesTo set with bright points: star or spangle.
To hitch; fasten.
(intransitive)Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report.
More meanings 2
(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.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.
- leap, jerk, bang
Origin
From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; aFrom 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, spangedTenses
spang · spanged · will spang · have spangedSynonyms
1 synonyms- leap, jerk, bang:bang
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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