fang

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From an abbreviation of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“canine tooth”, literally “snag-tooth, catch-tooth”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand.

Noun

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Cat fangs
Snake fangs

fang (plural fangs)

  1. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
  2. A long pointed tooth in snakes, for injecting venom.
  3. (mathematics) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
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Translations
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Verb

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fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
  2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English fangen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).

Verb

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fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize.
    Synonyms: clasp, grasp, grip, clutch, lay hold of; see also Thesaurus:grasp
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
    Synonyms: land, lay hands on, score; see also Thesaurus:receive, Thesaurus:take
  3. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality.
    Synonyms: greet, welcome
  4. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
    Synonyms: cop, get; see also Thesaurus:receive
  5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”), from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen. Compare Scots fang (“catch”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).

Noun

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fang (plural fangs)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
  2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
  3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
  4. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
  5. (mining, rare, in the plural) Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
    Synonym: cage-shuts
  6. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
  7. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.
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Verb

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fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

Etymology 4

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The Macquarie Dictionary and the Australian National Dictionary Centre derive it from the name of Juan Fangio, Argentinian racing driver.[1]

Verb

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fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
    • 2008, Mardi McConnochie, “The Mission”, in Dangerous Games:
      Soph was probably out drag-racing with Draz, or fanging down some brightly lit street somewhere hanging out Draz's brother's sunroof and waving at passers-by and screaming.
    • 2014 August 1, Michael West, “Victoria's $1 billion per kilometre road - who wouldn't rail against that?”, in The Age‎[2]:
      The question of whether rail might be a better long-term option than road is passed over with the speed of a merchant banker fanging up the toll road to Mount Buller for the weekend […]
    • 2017, Karen M. Davis, Fatal Mistake:
      Batman changed gears and fanged the car a little too fast around a corner, almost skidding onto Elizabeth Street at the back of Redfern.
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References

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  1. ^ “Mailbag”, in Ozwords‎[1], Australian National Dictionary Centre, 2016 October

Catalan

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *fangus ~ *fanga (“mud”) of Germanic origin, see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fang m (plural fangs)

  1. mud

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Spanish: fango

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Further reading

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Danish

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Verb

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fang

  1. imperative of fange
    1. Catch.
    2. Capture.
      Fang mig! ― Catch me!

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fang

  1. singular imperative of fangen

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fang (“catch; embrace, hold (in wrestling)”), from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch”), from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to take, to seize; to catch, to capture”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fang n (genitive singular fangs, nominative plural föng)

  1. embrace, hold, grasp
    Synonym: faðmur
  2. (in the plural) provisions
    Synonym: vistir
  3. conceptus
    Synonym: þungunarvefir

Declension

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Declension of fang (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fang fangið föng föngin
accusative fang fangið föng föngin
dative fangi fanginu föngum föngunum
genitive fangs fangsins fanga fanganna
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  • fá (“to get, to receive”)
  • fengur (“catch; benefit, gain”)

Mandarin

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Romanization

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fang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fáng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fàng.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga or fangene)

  1. lap

Verb

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fang

  1. imperative of fange

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fang.

Noun

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fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga)

  1. lap

Etymology 2

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Verb

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fang

  1. imperative of fanga

References

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fangą, *fangiz, *fanhiz (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fang m

  1. plunder, booty

Declension

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Declension of fang (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fang fangas
accusative fang fangas
genitive fanges fanga
dative fange fangum
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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish fang (compare Welsh gwanc (“voracity”)).

Noun

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fang f (genitive singular fainge, plural fangan)

  1. vulture
  2. raven

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fang”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fang”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

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From Scots fank.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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fang f (genitive singular faing, plural fangan)

  1. (Uist, Barra, Skye, Easter Ross, Inverness-shire, Perthshire, Argyll) fank, sheepfold

Mutation

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Mutation of fang
radical lenition
fang fhang

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

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Noun

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fang m (uncountable)

  1. Fang (language)

Further reading

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