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See also:Appendix:Variations of "fang"

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From an abbreviation offangtooth, fromMiddle English*fangtooth,*fengtooth, fromOld Englishfengtōþ(“canine tooth”, literally“snag-tooth, catch-tooth”). Cognate withGermanFangzahn(“fang”, literally“catch-tooth”) andDutchvangtand.

Noun

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Cat fangs
Snake fangs

fang (pluralfangs)

  1. A long, pointedcanine tooth used for biting and tearingflesh.
  2. A long pointed tooth insnakes, forinjectingvenom.
  3. (mathematics) Either of the twofactors that make a number avampire number.
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Translations
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canine tooth
a tooth that can inject venom

Verb

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fang (third-person singular simple presentfangs,present participlefanging,simple past and past participlefanged)

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

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishfangen, fromOld Englishfōn(“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), andOld Norsefanga(“to fetch, capture”), both fromProto-Germanic*fanhaną,*fangōną(“to catch, capture”), fromProto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-(“to attach”).

Cognate withWest Frisianfange(“to catch”),Dutchvangen(“to catch”),Germanfangen(“to catch”),Danishfange(“to catch”),Albanianpeng(“to hinder, hold captive”),Sanskritपाशयति(pāśáyati,“(s)he binds”).

Verb

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fang (third-person singular simple presentfangs,present participlefanging,simple past and past participlefanged)

  2. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) Tocatch,capture;seize.
    Synonyms:clasp,grasp,grip,clutch,lay hold of;see alsoThesaurus:grasp
  3. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) Totake;receive withassent;accept.
    Synonyms:land,lay hands on,score;see alsoThesaurus:receive,Thesaurus:take
  4. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive withhospitality.
    Synonyms:greet,welcome
  5. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) Toreceive.
    Synonyms:cop,get;see alsoThesaurus:receive
  6. (transitive, dialectal) To receive oradopt intospiritualrelation, as inbaptism; begodfather orgodmother to.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishfang, possibly fromOld Englishfang,feng(“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed fromOld Norsefang(“catch”) or formed anew from the verbfangen, all fromProto-Germanic*fangą(“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb*fanhaną(“to catch, capture”), fromProto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-(“to attach”).

CompareScotsfang(“catch”),Dutchvang(“a catch”),Low Germanfangst(“a catch”),GermanFang(“a catch, capture, booty”),Swedishfång,fångst,Icelandicfang. Related also toLatinpangere(“to solidify, drive in”),Albanianmpij(“to benumb, stiffen”),Ancient Greekπήγνυμι(pḗgnumi,“to stiffen, firm up”),Sanskritपाशयति(pāśáyati,“(s)he binds”).

Noun

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fang (pluralfangs)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Agrasping;capture; the act or power ofseizing;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 theplural)Catches on which the coal miningcage rests whilecars are being moved on and off.
    Synonym:cage-shuts
  6. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope;(by extension) anoose; atrap.
  7. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.
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Derived terms
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Verb

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fang (third-person singular simple presentfangs,present participlefanging,simple past and past participlefanged)

  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 ofJuan Fangio, Argentinian racing driver.[1]

Verb

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fang (third-person singular simple presentfangs,present participlefanging,simple past and past participlefanged)

  1. (Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) Todrive,ride, etc. at high speed orrecklessly.
    • 2008, Mardi McConnochie, “The Mission”, inDangerous Games:
      Soph was probably out drag-racing with Draz, orfanging 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?”, inThe 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 bankerfanging up the toll road to Mount Buller for the weekend[…]
    • 2017, Karen M. Davis,Fatal Mistake:
      Batman changed gears andfanged 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”, inOzwords‎[1], Australian National Dictionary Centre,2016 October

Albanian

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Noun

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fang m

  1. Gheg form offëng

Catalan

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Etymology

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FromVulgar Latin*fangus ~ *fanga(“mud”) ofGermanic origin, see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fang m (pluralfangs)

  1. mud

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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Further reading

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Danish

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Verb

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fang

  1. imperative offange
    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. singularimperative offangen

Icelandic

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsefang(“catch; embrace, hold (in wrestling)”), fromProto-Germanic*fangą(“catch”), fromProto-Germanic*fanhaną(“to take, to seize; to catch, to capture”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fang n (genitive singularfangs,nominative pluralföng)

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

Declension

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Declension offang (neuter)
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativefangfangiðföngföngin
accusativefangfangiðföngföngin
dativefangifanginuföngumföngunum
genitivefangsfangsinsfangafanganna

Related terms

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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 offāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling offáng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling offǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling offàng.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal 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 singularfanget,indefinite pluralfang,definite pluralfangaorfangene)

  1. lap

Verb

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fang

  1. imperative offange

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norsefang.

Noun

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fang n (definite singularfanget,indefinite pluralfang,definite pluralfanga)

  1. lap

Etymology 2

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Verb

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fang

  1. imperative offanga

References

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Old English

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Etymology

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FromProto-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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Stronga-stem:

singularplural
nominativefangfangas
accusativefangfangas
genitivefangesfanga
dativefangefangum

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Irishfang (compareWelshgwanc(“voracity”)).

Noun

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fang f (genitive singularfainge,pluralfangan)

  1. vulture
  2. raven

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fang”, inFaclair 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”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

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FromScotsfank.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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fang f (genitive singularfaing,pluralfangan)(Uist, Barra, Skye, Easter Ross, Inverness-shire, Perthshire, Argyll)

  1. fank,sheepfold

Mutation

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Mutation offang
radicallenition
fangfhang

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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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfan/[ˈfãn]
  • Rhymes:-an
  • Syllabification:fang

Noun

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fang m (uncountable)

  1. Fang(language)

Further reading

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