Definition of gang Gang
/gæˈŋ/ - [gang] - gang
We found 33 definitions of gang from 10 different sources.
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What does gang mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: gangs |
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| gang - an organized group of workmen | ||
| crew, work party | ||
| social unit, unit a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another" | ||
| manpower, men, work force, workforce, hands the force of workers available | ||
| shift the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" | ||
| detail an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" | ||
| chain gang a gang of convicts chained together | ||
| ground-service crew, ground crew the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground | ||
| road gang a gang of road workers | ||
| section gang a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad | ||
| stage crew crew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production | ||
| gang - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" | ||
| pack, ring, mob | ||
| association the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" | ||
| gangdom, gangland, organized crime underworld organizations | ||
| nest a kind of gun emplacement; "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers" | ||
| youth gang a gang whose members are teenagers | ||
| gang - tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together | ||
| gang - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" | ||
| crowd, crew, bunch | ||
| assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place | ||
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| gang - act as an organized group | ||
| gang up | ||
| aggroup, group arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gang (Noun)
A going, journey; a course, path, track. - gang (Noun)
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose. - gang (Noun)
A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad. - gang (Noun)
A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city. - gang (Noun)
A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit, or a group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal. - gang (Noun)
A chain gang . - gang (Noun)
A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set. - gang (Noun)
A set; all required for an outfit. - gang (Noun)
A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate. - gang (Noun)
A group of wires attached as a bundle. - gang (Noun)
The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. - gang (Verb)
To go; walk; proceed. - gang (Verb)
To band together as a group or gang.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gang (v. i.)
To go; to walk. - gang (v. i.)
A going; a course. - gang (v. i.)
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. - gang (v. i.)
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. - gang (v. i.)
A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. - gang (v. i.)
The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gang
A language primarily spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda; also in the southern part of the Opari District of Sudan. -
gang
An association of criminals.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gang
gang, n. a number of persons or animals associated for a certain purpose, usually in a bad sense: a number of labourers working together during the same hours: the range of pasture allowed to cattle: a set of tools, &c., used together for any kind of work.—ns. Gang′er, Gangs′man, the foreman of a squad, as of plate-layers. [A.S. gang (Dan. gang, Ger. gang, a going), gangan, to go.] -
gang
gang, v.i. (Scot.) to go.—n.pl. Gang′-days, the three days preceding Ascension Day or Holy Thursday.—n. Gang′er, a walker: a fast-going horse. [A.S. gangan, to go.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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gang
a select number of a ship’s crew appointed on any particular service, and commanded by an officer suitable to the occasion.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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gang
A detachment; being a selected number of a ship's crew appointed on any particular service, and commanded by an officer suitable to the occasion.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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gang
A company of men, a body of sailors, a knot of thieves, pickpockets, &c. A gang of sheep trotters; the four feet of a sheep.
Wikipedia 
- A gang is a group of people who are similar to each other and have common interests.
