gang

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gang1

▶noun

• 1 an organized group of criminals or disorderly young people.

  ■ informal a group of people who regularly associate together.

  ■ an organized group of manual labourers.

• 2 a set of switches, sockets, or other devices grouped together.

▶verb

• 1 (gang together) form a group or gang.

  ■ (gang up) join together, typically in order to intimidate someone.

• 2 arrange (electrical devices or machines) together to work in coordination.

– origin OE, from ON gangr, ganga ‘gait, course, going’, of Gmc origin; rel. to gang2.

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gang2

▶verb Scottish go; proceed.

– phrases
gang agley (of a plan) go wrong.

– origin OE gangan, of Gmc origin; rel. to go1.