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Syllabification: (gang)

Pronunciation: /gaNG/

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Definition of gang

noun

1an organized group of criminals.
a group of young people involved in petty crime or violence.
informal a group of people, especially young people, who regularly associate together.
an organized group of people doing manual work:ninety days of hard labor on the road gang

2a set of switches, sockets, or other electrical or mechanical devices grouped together.

verb

1 [no object] (gang together) (of a number of people) form a group or gang:the smaller supermarket chains are ganging together to beat the big boys
(gang up) (of a number of people) join together, typically in order to intimidate someone:he is being unfairly ganged up on

2 [with object] arrange (electrical devices or machines) together to work in coordination.

Origin:

Old English, from Old Norse gangr, ganga 'gait, course, going', of Germanic origin; related to gang². The original meaning was 'going, a journey', later in Middle English 'a way, passage', also 'set of things or people that go together'

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