tang
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavorA refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
» Citrus adds a nice tang to a salad dressing.
Meaning
14 sensesA refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
a tang of citrus
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
a tang of cellar
Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
Beigeschmack
(figuratively)A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
a tang of pedantry
Beigeschmack
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
(archaic)
slip the cable over the tang
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
full-tang
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
хвостовикxvostovyk
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
A shuffleboard paddle.
(broadly)Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
(countable, rare, uncountable)Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
(countable, vulgar)The vagina or vulva.
- any of various coarse seaweeds
- the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
- any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
- brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
Examples
7 sentencesCitrus adds a nice tang to a salad dressing.
I already smell the salty tang of the ocean.
For this sword, the tang passes fully through the handle, tapering toward the end.
deBei diesem Schwert zieht sich die Griffzunge durch das ganze Heft und läuft zum Ende hin spitz zu.
The pommel screws onto the end of the tang to hold the handle and sword together.
Keep going. Don’t stop it now, Tang.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointeFrom Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Middle Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”).
Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang
Clipping of poontang.
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Forms
plural: tangsSynonyms
28 synonyms- any of various coarse seaweeds:sea tang
- the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907:Tang dynasty
- any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria:sea tangle
- brown algae seaweed with serrated edges:serrated wrackFucus serratus
- a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure:bladderwrackblack rockweedbladder fucusFucus vesiculosus
- a tart spicy quality:nippiquancepiquancypiquantnesstanginesszest