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stang
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: st?ng, IPA(key): /stæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From Middle English stange, partly from Old Norse st?ng; partly from Old English stæng, steng, stenge (“pole, rod, bar, stake, stick”); both from Proto-Germanic *stang?, *stangiz (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *steng?-, *steg?- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).
Noun
stang (plural stangs)
- (Wicca, paganism) A forked ritual staff.
- (archaic or obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
- Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
- (archaic or obsolete) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
- 1880, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels into several Remote Nations of the World - Part I, Chapter II (Page 15)
- These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")
- 1880, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels into several Remote Nations of the World - Part I, Chapter II (Page 15)
Derived terms
- stang ball
- ride the stang
Etymology 2
From Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).
Verb
stang (third-person singular simple present stangs, present participle stanging, simple past and past participle stanged)
- (intransitive, Scotland) To shoot with pain, to sting.
- (transitive, Scotland) To spear; to sting.
Etymology 3
Verb
stang
- (dialect, rare) simple past tense of sting
Etymology 4
Noun
stang (plural stangs)
- (slang, US) Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
Anagrams
- 'ganst, Gnats, Tangs, Tsang, angst, gnast, gnat's, gnats, tangs
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse st?ng.
Noun
stang c (singular definite stangen, plural indefinite stænger)
- bar
- rod
- pole
- crossbar
Inflection
Derived terms
- stangdrukken (adjective)
- stangspring n
- stangtøj n
References
- “stang” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
stang m (plural stangen, diminutive stangetje n)
- bar
See also
- baar f
- blok n
- staaf f
Anagrams
- angst
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse st?ng
Noun
stang f or m (definite singular stanga or stangen, indefinite plural stenger, definite plural stengene)
- a bar, pole, rod, lever, staff, stick, shaft
- rod, 3.1374 metres
Derived terms
- flaggstang
- jernstang
See also
- stong (Nynorsk)
References
- “stang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “stang_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Swedish
Verb
stang
- past tense of stinga.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse st?ng, from Proto-Germanic *stang?.
Noun
stang f (definite singular stanga, dative stangen, definite plural stängren)
- bar, rod, pole
Derived terms
- fällstang
- staang
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tang
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From Middle English tang (“serpent's tongue; extension of blade”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Old Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”)
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Noun
tang (plural tangs)
- A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- Synonyms: bite, piquancy, spiciness
- Antonyms: blandness, dullness
- 1904, O. Henry, "The Missing Chord"
- The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.
- A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
- (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.
- 1806, Francis Jeffrey, Memoirs of Dr. Priestley in The Edinburgh Review
- a cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics
- 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, "At Sunset Time"
- What, was it I who bared my heart / Through unrelenting years, / And knew the sting of misery's dart, / The tang of sorrow's tears?
- A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
- The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
- (firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter IV
- The rifle carried a vernier sight on the tang...
- 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter IV
- The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- (zoology) A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus.
- Synonym: surgeonfish
- (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
- Coordinate term: biscuit
- (obsolete) tongue
- 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V,
- Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?
- 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V,
- (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Imitative
Noun
tang (plural tangs)
- A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
Verb
tang (third-person singular simple present tangs, present participle tanging, simple past and past participle tanged)
- (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
- To make a ringing sound; to ring.
Etymology 3
Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang
Noun
tang (plural tangs)
- (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
Translations
Etymology 4
Clipping of poontang.
Noun
tang (plural tangs)
- (vulgar slang) The vagina.
- 2002, Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, St. Martin's Griffin, ?ISBN, page 9,
- The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are […]
- 2002, Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, St. Martin's Griffin, ?ISBN, page 9,
- (vulgar slang) intercourse with a woman
Further reading
- Acanthuridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- tang at OneLook Dictionary Search
- tang in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- Gant, Gnat, gnat
Blagar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta?/
Noun
tang
- sea
References
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
- The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
Cimbrian
Noun
tang
- plural of tage
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse t?ng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tan?/, [t????]
Noun
tang c (singular definite tangen, plural indefinite tænger)
- tongs
- forceps
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse þang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tan?/, [t????]
Noun
tang c (singular definite tangen, not used in plural form)
- seaweed
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-Germanic *tang?, *tangiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
tang f (plural tangen, diminutive tangetje n)
- pliers
- tongs
- (especially the diminutive) pincers, tweezers
- (figuratively) shrew, bitch
Derived terms
- kniptang
- krultang
- nijptang
- pijptang
- waterpomptang
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: tang
Estonian
Noun
tang (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- groat
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- tang in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ta?]
- Hyphenation: tang
- Homophone: tank
Etymology 1
From Dutch tang, from Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-Germanic *tang?.
Noun
tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)
- pliers
Verb
tang
- to use the pliers
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)
- the sound of hit can, a metallic sound.
Etymology 3
Noun
tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)
- Nonstandard form of tank.
Etymology 4
Noun
tang
- (colloquial) Clipping of tentang.
Further reading
- “tang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Kriol
Etymology
From English tongue.
Noun
tang
- tongue
Kusunda
Noun
tang
- water
Mandarin
Romanization
tang
- Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of táng.
- Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tàng.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From Malagasy tandraka
Noun
tang
- tenrec
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Min Nan
Northern Kurdish
Noun
tang ?
- side
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse t?ng
Noun
tang f or m (definite singular tanga or tangen, indefinite plural tenger, definite plural tengene)
- (a pair of) pliers, pincers
- (a pair of) forceps
Derived terms
- knipetang
See also
- tong (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse þang, compare with German Tang
Noun
tang m or n (definite singular tangen or tanget, uncountable)
- kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)
References
- “tang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse þang n.
Noun
tang m (definite singular tangen, uncountable)
- kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)
Usage notes
- Prior to a 2019 revision, it was also considered grammatically neuter. With this change, definite singular tanget was made non-standard.
References
- “tang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Phalura
Etymology
From Urdu ???? (ta?g), from Persian [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta??/, /ta?/
Adjective
tang (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling ???)
- narrow
- troubled
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From Malagasy tandraka
Noun
tang
- tenrec
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Tai Do
Etymology
Cognate with Thai ??? (taang), Lao ??? (th?ng), Northern Thai ????, Lü ??? (taang), Shan ????? (táang).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta????/
Noun
tang
- road, path, way
Tok Pisin
Etymology 1
From English tongue.
Noun
tang
- tongue
Etymology 2
From English tank.
Noun
tang
- tank
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English tongue.
Noun
tang
- (anatomy) tongue
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [ta????]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [ta????]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ta????]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.
Noun
tang
- a series of events that encompasses a funeral, a burial or cremation, and a period of mourning spanning up to 3 years after the lunar date of death
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From English tangent.
Noun
tang
- (trigonometry) tangent
See also
- tan
- côtang
- ti?p tuy?n
Etymology 3
Noun
tang
- (music) shell (body of a drum)
Etymology 4
Noun
tang
- (fossil word) evidence of wrongdoing
Usage notes
This sense only occurs in some compound words.
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Noun
tang
- (informal) something or someone insignificant
Etymology 6
Sino-Vietnamese word from ?
Noun
tang
- (fossil word) mulberry
- (fossil word) silkworm
Usage notes
This sense only occurs in some compound words.
Derived terms
See also
- Ca-tang
- tang t?ng
References
- "tang" in H? Ng?c ??c, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
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