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Meaning of nang | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/næŋ/

Definitions

  1. A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
  2. A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.
    Australia, New-Zealand, slang

Examples

“I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly^([sic]) a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music”
“"helicopters" these days refers to those silly hats with propellers on top, which come with a free ounce of smack at any local K-mart.^([sic]) Y'know, next to the nangs (or bulbs - nitrous oxide for whipped cream).”
“Nang county is the name given to the present administrative division of E Dakpo, the principal gateway to the sacred mountain of Tsari, and the region through which the Brahmaputra River cuts its way through an unnavigable 33 km horse-shoe gorge as it flows towards Longpo and Kongpo.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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