Gang Definition

găng

ganged, ganging, gangs

noun

gangs

A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.

American Heritage

A group of people associated together in some way.

Webster's New World

A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.

American Heritage

A very large number of persons or things.

Webster's New World

A set of like tools, machines, components, etc., designed or arranged to work together.

Gang drills.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

ganged, ganging, gangs

To form, or be associated in, a gang (with up)

Webster's New World

To arrange in a gang, or coordinated set.

Webster's New World

To attack as a gang.

Webster's New World

To arrange or assemble into a group, as for simultaneous operation or production.

Gang several pages onto one printing plate.

American Heritage

To go or work.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

idiom

gang up on

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gang

Singular:

gang

Plural:

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”). Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”). Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey, a way, a passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz. Cognate with Dutch gang, Icelandic gangur, Norwegian gang ("hallway"), Old Norse gangr (passage, hallway).

From Wiktionary
Middle English band of men from Old English journey and Old Norse -gangr journey, group (as in thjofagangr gang of thieves)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
See gan.

From Wiktionary