plural gangs
1
: group: such as
a
: a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends
especially
: a band of antisocial adolescents
b
: a group of persons working together
2
: a group of persons having informal and usually close social relations
watching TV with the gang
3
a
: a set of articles : outfit
a gang of oars
b
: a combination of similar implements or devices arranged for convenience to act together
a gang of saws
ganged; ganging; gangs
1
: to attack (a person) as a gang
They ganged him and took his money.
2
a
: to assemble (mechanical or electronic parts) so that they may be operated simultaneously as a group
Potentiometers are often ganged together so that the resistance in several circuits can be changed simultaneously.—
Richard Fowler
Richard Fowler
b
: to arrange or produce (something, such as pages of typeset material) together as a unit
… ganged the printing of 2000 cards to achieve a cost-efficient price per card of 38 cents.—Vilma Barr
—often used with upVilma BarrWhere decals are large they may be printed singly; where small, more than one may be ganged up on one screen to save effort and to produce more copies in one impression.—Albert Kosloff
Albert KosloffSynonyms
Examples of gang in a Sentence
Noun
a gang of drug dealers
He is in a gang.
He was shot by a member of a rival gang.
the gang at the office
Recent Examples on the WebHerb Scribner, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
More than 360,000 people have had to flee their homes because of gang violence, and 5.5 million Haitians are in need of humanitarian assistance.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Inside the vehicles were members of La Línea, a gang that served as enforcers for the Juárez cartel.
—Ieva Jusionyte, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
Growing up, Jeremy saw the men in his family belong to gangs.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
The escalation of gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has prompted hospitals to close, caused a shortage of medical supplies and forced medical workers to suspend urgent assistance for Haitians.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
It often is used against gangs, ranging from the Mexican Mafia to South L.A.’s Crips.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
There, a gang of white youths surrounded him and beat him nearly to death.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The company was originally targeted by a ransomware gang known as AlphV in February.
—Andy Greenberg Andrew Couts, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2024
Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2022
Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors – a place to gang together for wrist shots – that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid.
—Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter.
—Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020
Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste).
—Katie Workman, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2020
And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
Noun
Though he was acquitted in July 2019 and avoided a life sentence, the Los Angeles district attorney refiled charges one month later for criminal gang conspiracy and the shooting of a motor vehicle, arguing that his crew, known as the Stinc Team, was a gang, according to reports.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
More than 360,000 people have had to flee their homes because of gang violence, and 5.5 million Haitians are in need of humanitarian assistance.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Inside the vehicles were members of La Línea, a gang that served as enforcers for the Juárez cartel.
—Ieva Jusionyte, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
Growing up, Jeremy saw the men in his family belong to gangs.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
The escalation of gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has prompted hospitals to close, caused a shortage of medical supplies and forced medical workers to suspend urgent assistance for Haitians.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
It often is used against gangs, ranging from the Mexican Mafia to South L.A.’s Crips.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
There, a gang of white youths surrounded him and beat him nearly to death.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The company was originally targeted by a ransomware gang known as AlphV in February.
—Andy Greenberg Andrew Couts, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2024
Verb
Barbaro, who has modeled phenomena ranging from fish migrations to gang territorial disputes, says the Pamplona data could help calibrate models for stressed crowds to aid architectural design and evacuation planning.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2022
Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors – a place to gang together for wrist shots – that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid.
—Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter.
—Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020
Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste).
—Katie Workman, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2020
And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
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“Gang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gang. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
gang
1 of 2 noun1
: two or more tools or devices arranged to work together
2
: a group of persons working or going about together
3
: a group of persons associated together to do something illegal
4
: a group of friends
gang
2 of 2 verb
: to form into or move or act as a gang
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