gangway Syllabification: (gang·way)Translate gangway | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of gangway noun Pronunciation: /ˈgaNGˌwā/ a raised platform or walkway providing a passage. British a passage between rows of seats, especially in a theater or aircraft. a movable bridge linking a ship to the shore. an opening in the bulwarks by which a ship is entered or left. a temporary arrangement of planks for crossing muddy or difficult ground on a building site. exclamation Pronunciation: /ˈgaNGˈwā/ make way!; get out of the way!. gangway in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of gangway in the British & World English dictionary