Meaning of Gang | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
2. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
3. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
4. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
5. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
6. A chain gang.
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7. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
8. A set; all required for an outfit.
9. A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
10. A group of wires attached as a bundle.
11. A going, journey; a course, path, track.
    dialectal
12. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
    obsolete
13. A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
14. A term of address for any other person or group of people.
    Internet, broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“the Gashouse Gang”

“The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.”

“a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.”

“a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.”

“The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.”

“The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.”

“Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.”

“a gang of saws; a gang of plows; a gang drill; gang milling.”

“a new gang of stays.”

“an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.”

“a gang of wires”

“Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.”

“In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang”

“That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon ganger, to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.”

“Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.”

“The sun isn't real? What are you even talking about, gang?”

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