'Spang' definitions:
Definition of 'spang'
From: WordNet
verb
Leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn: spang, bang]
Definition of 'Spang'
From: GCIDE
- Spang \Spang\, v. t. To spangle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spang'
From: GCIDE
- Spang \Spang\, v. i. To spring; to bound; to leap. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- But when they spang o'er reason's fence, We smart for't at our own expense. --Ramsay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spang'
From: GCIDE
- Spang \Spang\, n. A bound or spring. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spang'
From: GCIDE
- Spang \Spang\, n. [AS. spange a clasp or fastening; akin to D. spang, G. spange, OHG. spanga, Icel. sp["o]ng a spangle.] A spangle or shining ornament. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- With glittering spangs that did like stars appear. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]