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ganging
We have found lemma(root) word of ganging : gang.
Definitions
[ɡaŋ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an organized group of criminals
(e.g: a gang of bank robbers)
- a set of switches, sockets, or other electrical or mechanical devices grouped together
(e.g: the machine had a gang of cutter chains on a swivelling head)
Phrases:
Origin
:
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], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a number of people) form a group or gang
(e.g: three banks ganged together to form a ‘virtual bank’)
- arrange (electrical devices or machines) together to work in coordination
(e.g: adjacent faders can be ganged for common manipulation)
Phrases:
Origin
:
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], (Verb)
Definitions:
- go; proceed
(e.g: gang to your bed, lass)
Phrases:
- gang agley
Origin
:
Old English gangan, of Germanic origin; related to go
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