flange
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flange
- /ˈflænd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈflænd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
- [ˈfleə̯nd͡ʒ] Canada, US
- [ˈflɛə̯nd͡ʒ] Canada, US
- /ˈflænd͡ʒ/ Australia
- [ˈfleːnd͡ʒ] Australia
Rhymes with -ændʒ
Where it comes from
From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
noun flanges
- An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
- The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
- An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees. [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line.
- The vulva. I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as
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A group of baboons.
it's a flange of baboons
Similar: congress
- The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
verb flanges · flanging · flanged
- To be bent into a flange.
- To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange.
- To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time.
Translations
Talk about this word "flange." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flange. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. flange. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flange "flange." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flange.Cite this
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title = {flange},
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year = {2026},
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