see|Gang|gång|gäng|g�ng|g�ng|gàng|g�ng|gắng
English

Pronunciation
rhymes|æ�

Noun
en-noun

1. A going; a course.
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.
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.
4. A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
5. The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
6. italbrac|Electrical components The number of switches wired into one face plate.
7. italbrac|electrical components A group of wires attached as a collection; a gang of wires.

#: Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.

Translations
trans-top|a company of persons
Dutch: bende f
German: Bande f
Esperanto: bando (2)
Hebrew: he-translation|�נ�פ��|k'nûfyah f
trans-mid
Russian: б�игада (brigáda) f
Spanish: grupo, pandilla
Turkish: çete
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Vietnamese: �oàn, t�p, toán, kíp, b�n, lũ, b�

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To band together as a group or gang.

Derived terms
top2
chain gang
gang bang
gang rape
mid2
gangster
gang up
gang violence

See also
Appendix:Collective nouns

Afrikaans

Noun
gang

1. passageway, alley

Category:Afrikaans nouns

Dutch

Noun
nl-noun|g=m

1. passageway, alley
2. gait
3. journey

Derived terms

gangbaar
<!-- *gang -->
ingang
ondergang
uitgang

Indonesian

Etymology
Dutch gang#Dutch|gang, passageway, alley.

Noun
gang

1. Alleyway, alley, narrow street. A narrow pathway bound by walls on both sides.

#:*gang buntu &mdash; dead-end alley

1. An organized crime group.
2. A group of people with distinct identity such as high school friend group. See also geng.

Verb
gang

1. To form a gang group.

Category:Indonesian nouns
Category:Indonesian verbs

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
gang

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, g�ng, g�ng, or gàng.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Scots

Etymology
OE.|sco gangan, ON.|sco ganga, with inflected forms from gan|g�n ( > English go).

Pronunciation
IPA|/g��/

Verb
sco-verb|gangs|gaun|gaed|gaen

1. To go.

#:And I will love thee still, my dear
#:Till a� the seas gang dry. - w:Robert Burns|Robert Burns - A Red, Red, Rose

de:gang
et:gang
fa:gang
fr:gang
ko:gang
io:gang
id:gang
it:gang
nl:gang
no:gang
pl:gang
ru:gang
fi:gang
ta:gang
te:gang
vi:gang
zh:gang

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