'Gang' definitions:

Definition of 'gang'

(from WordNet)
noun
An association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring, mob]
noun
An informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" [syn: crowd, crew, gang, bunch]
noun
An organized group of workmen [syn: gang, crew, work party]
noun
Tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
verb
Act as an organized group [syn: gang, gang up]

Definition of 'Gang'

From: GCIDE
  • Gang \Gang\ (g[a^]ng), v. i. [AS. gangan, akin to OS. & OHG. gangan, Icel. ganga, Goth. gaggan; cf. Lith. [zdot]engti to walk, Skr. ja[.n]gha leg. [root]48. Cf. Go.] To go; to walk. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gang'

From: GCIDE
  • Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See Gang, v. i.]
  • 1. A going; a course. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. [Cf. Gangue.] (Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or less formalized group associating for social purposes, in some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen gang; a youth gang; a street gang.
  • Note: Youth gangs often associate with particular areas in a city, and may turn violent when they feel their territory is encroached upon. In Los Angeles the Crips and the Bloods are large gangs antagonistic to each other. [PJC]
  • 7. A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a criminal organization; as, the Parker gang. [PJC]
  • Gang board, or Gang plank. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
  • Gang cask, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.
  • Gang cultivator, Gang plow, a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time.
  • Gang days, Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below).
  • Gang drill, a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft.
  • Gang master, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.
  • Gang plank. See Gang board (above).
  • Gang plow. See Gang cultivator (above).
  • Gang press, a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates.
  • Gang saw, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart.
  • Gang tide. See Gang week (below).
  • Gang tooth, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
  • Gang week, Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell.
  • Live gang, or Round gang, the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. --Knight.
  • Slabbing gang, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam. [1913 Webster] gangboard

Synonyms of 'gang'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Gang'