Fang
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fang¹
- /ˈfæŋ/
- [ˈfæŋ]
- /ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfeɪ̯ŋ] Canada, US
- /ˈfɛ̃ŋ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfɛ̃ŋ] Canada, US
Rhymes with -æŋ
Where it comes from
From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand. See also related senses of Etymology 3 below.
noun fangs · phang · phange
- A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh. The warrior realized in an instant that he owed his life to this strange white man, and he also saw that only a miracle could save his preserver from those fierce yellow fangs that had been so near to his own flesh.
- Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.
- A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
- A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
- Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
- Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
verb fangs · fanging · fanged · phang · phange
- To strike or attack with the fangs.
- To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. chariots fang'd with scythes
fang²
- /ˈfæŋ/
- [ˈfæŋ]
- /ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfeɪ̯ŋ] Canada, US
- /ˈfɛ̃ŋ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfɛ̃ŋ] Canada, US
Rhymes with -æŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English fangen, fongen, 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 North Frisian fo, fu, füünj (“to get, obtain, receive”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen, fahen (“to catch”), Low German fangen (“to catch”), Luxembourgish fänken (“to catch”), Faroese fá, fáa (“to get; to catch”), Icelandic fá (“to get, receive”), Danish, Norwegian, Swedish få (“to get, receive”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
verb fangs · fanging · fanged · phang · phange
- To catch, capture; seize. Gentlemen, break not the head of the peace: it's to no purpose, for he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.
- To take; receive with assent; accept.
- To receive with hospitality.
- To receive.
- To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
fang³
- /ˈfæŋ/
- [ˈfæŋ]
- /ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfeɪ̯ŋ] Canada, US
- /ˈfɛ̃ŋ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfɛ̃ŋ] Canada, US
Rhymes with -æŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”).
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 fangs · phang · phange
- A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Synonym of trap or noose.
- Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
- Synonym of root, a major projection of a plant's root system. Now take out your Indian Tuberoſes, parting the Off-ſets (but with care, leſt you break their fangs) then pot them in natural (not forc'd) Earth; [...] the protuberant fangs of the Yuca are to be treated like the Tuberoſes.
- Synonym of claw or talon.
- Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
- Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
- Synonym of vang, a line extended from the end of a gaff to control its position.
- The valve of a pump-box.
- A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
- Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
verb fangs · fanging · fanged · phang · phange
- To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
fang⁴
- /ˈfæŋ/
- [ˈfæŋ]
- /ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfeɪ̯ŋ] Canada, US
- /ˈfɛ̃ŋ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfɛ̃ŋ] Canada, US
Rhymes with -æŋ
Where it comes from
The Macquarie Dictionary and the Australian National Dictionary Centre derive it from the name of Juan Fangio, Argentinian racing driver.
verb fangs · fanging · fanged · phang · phange
- To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly. 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.
Fang⁵
- /ˈfæŋ/
- /ˈfɑŋ/
Rhymes with -æŋ
noun
- A people of western Africa.
proper noun
- The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
- A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.
Fang⁶
Where it comes from
The county sense is from Mandarin 房 (Fáng). The surname sense could be from Mandarin 方 (Fāng), 房 (Fáng), 芳 (Fāng), 仿 (Fǎng) or 放 (Fǎng).
proper noun
- A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China. Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts.
- A surname from Mandarin
FANG⁷
proper noun
- Four large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. The FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) today are leading the charge, and many of them boast P/Es in the hundreds!
