gang

B2
Pronunciation
/ษกรฆล‹/
Noun
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

Example Sentences
  • The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
2 Definition

A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.

Example Sentences
  • a gang of sailors; a railroad gang
3 Definition

A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

Example Sentences
  • a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
4 Definition

A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.

Example Sentences
  • The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.
5 Definition

A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.

Example Sentences
  • Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
6 Definition

A chain gang.

7 Definition

A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.

Example Sentences
  • a gang of saws; a gang of plows.
8 Definition

A set; all required for an outfit.

Example Sentences
  • a new gang of stays.
9 Definition

(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.

Example Sentences
  • an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.
10 Definition

(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.

Example Sentences
  • Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.
11 Definition

A going, journey; a course, path, track.

12 Definition

An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

13 Definition

The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To go; walk; proceed.

2 Definition

To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.

3 Definition

(obsolete outside Northumbria) To go.

4 Definition

To participate in a gangbang.

Example Sentences
  • We all got to gangbang the porn star.
5 Definition

To beat one or a smaller amount of people as a gang.

6 Definition

To belong to a gang; to commit criminal acts as part of a gang.

Example Sentences
  • It broke my heart to see him out there gangbanging.