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Word: Gang
Speech Type: Noun
Old English gang, from Old Norse gangr, ganga ‘gait, course, going’, of Germanic origin; related to gang. The original meaning was ‘going, a journey’, later in Middle English ‘a way’, also ‘set of things or people which go together’
ɡaŋ
an organized group of criminals
Short Definition:organized group of criminals
Examples:- a gang of bank robbers
- gang warfare
a set of switches, sockets, or other electrical or mechanical devices grouped together
Short Definition:set of devices grouped together
Examples:- the machine had a gang of cutter chains on a swivelling head
- a three-gang switch
Word: Gang
Speech Type: Verb
ɡaŋ
(of a number of people) form a group or gang
Short Definition:form group
Examples:- three banks ganged together to form a ‘virtual bank’
arrange (electrical devices or machines) together to work in coordination
Short Definition:arrange devices to work together
Examples:- adjacent faders can be ganged for common manipulation
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