Gang
Gang (gang) , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon gangan, akin to Old Saxon & Old High German gangan, Icelandic ganga, Gothic gaggan; compare Lithuanian żengti to walk, Sanskrit jaṅgha leg. r48. Compare Go.]
To go; to walk.
Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland.
Gang , noun
[Icelandic gangr a going, gang, akin to Anglo-Saxon, Dutch, German, & Danish gang a going, Gothic gaggs street, way. See Gang, v. i.]
1.
A going; a course. [Obsolete]
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.
(Nautical) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
5.
(Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
Youth gangs often associate with particular areas in a city, and may turn violent when they feel their territory is encroached upon. In Los Angeles the Crips and the Bloods are large gangs antagonistic to each other.
6.
A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or less formalized group associating for social purposes, in some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen gang; a youth gang; a street gang.
7.
A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a criminal organization; as, the Parker gang.
Collocations (15)
Gang board or Gang plank (Nautical) , (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
Gang cask , a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.
Gang cultivator or Gang plow , a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time.
Gang days , Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below).
Gang drill , a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft.
Gang master , a master or employer of a gang of workmen.
Gang plank , See Gang board (above).
Gang plow , See Gang cultivator (above).
Gang press , a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates.
Gang saw , a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart.
Gang tide , See Gang week (below).
Gang tooth , a projecting tooth. [Obsolete] — Halliwell
Gang week , Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. — Halliwell
Live gang or Round gang , the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. — Knight
Slabbing gang , an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam.