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stang¹

  • /ˈstæŋ/ US, UK
  • [ˈstæŋ] US, UK
  • /ˈstaŋ/ British, Scotland, Southern
  • /ˈstaŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈstaŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈsteɪŋ/
  • [ˈsteɪ̯ŋ]
  • [ˈstɛ̃ŋ]
  • /ˈstæŋ/ Australia
  • /ˈstæːŋ/ Australia
  • [ˈsteːŋ] Australia

Rhymes with -æŋ

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).

noun stangs

  1. A forked ritual staff. The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power[…]
  2. archaic, obsolete A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake. Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.
  3. historical, obsolete In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")

stang²

  • /ˈstæŋ/ US, UK
  • [ˈstæŋ] US, UK
  • /ˈstaŋ/ British, Scotland, Southern
  • /ˈstaŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈstaŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈsteɪŋ/
  • [ˈsteɪ̯ŋ]
  • [ˈstɛ̃ŋ]
  • /ˈstæŋ/ Australia
  • /ˈstæːŋ/ Australia
  • [ˈsteːŋ] Australia

Rhymes with -æŋ

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English stangen, from Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).

verb stangs · stanging · stanged

  1. Scotland, intransitive To shoot with pain, to sting.
  2. Scotland, transitive To spear; to sting.

stang³

  • /ˈstæŋ/ US, UK
  • [ˈstæŋ] US, UK
  • /ˈstaŋ/ British, Scotland, Southern
  • /ˈstaŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈstaŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈsteɪŋ/
  • [ˈsteɪ̯ŋ]
  • [ˈstɛ̃ŋ]
  • /ˈstæŋ/ Australia
  • /ˈstæːŋ/ Australia
  • [ˈsteːŋ] Australia

Rhymes with -æŋ

verb

  1. dialectal, past, rare simple past of sting

stang⁴

  • /ˈstæŋ/ US, UK
  • [ˈstæŋ] US, UK
  • /ˈstaŋ/ British, Scotland, Southern
  • /ˈstaŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈstaŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈsteɪŋ/
  • [ˈsteɪ̯ŋ]
  • [ˈstɛ̃ŋ]
  • /ˈstæŋ/ Australia
  • /ˈstæːŋ/ Australia
  • [ˈsteːŋ] Australia

Rhymes with -æŋ

noun stangs

  1. US, abbreviation, clipping, slang Clipping of Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

Stang⁵

Where it comes from

From the German and Jewish surname, from the noun Stange (“pole”).

proper noun Stangs · Stong

  1. A surname.
  2. US, slang Ford Mustang

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@misc{stang_2026,
  title = {stang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}