FANGS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Fang

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Old English fang (denoting booty or spoils), from Old Norse fang ‘capture, grasp’; compare with vang. A sense ‘trap, snare’ is recorded from the mid 16th century; both this and the original sense survive in Scots. The current sense (also mid 16th century) reflects the same notion of ‘something that catches and holds’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: faŋ
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a large sharp tooth, especially a canine tooth of a dog or wolf

Short Definition:

large sharp tooth

Examples:
  • the dog was bounding towards him, its fangs bared

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