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Webster 1913 Edition

Tang

Tang

(tăng)
,
Noun.
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
tang
seaweed, Sw.
tång
, Icel.
þang
. Cf.
Tangle
.]
(Bot.)
A coarse blackish seaweed (
Fucus nodosus
).
Dr. Prior.
Tang sparrow
(Zool.)
,
the rock pipit.
[Prov. Eng.]

Tang

,
Noun.
[Probably fr. OD.
tanger
sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E.
tongs
. √59. See
Tong
.]
1.
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself;
as, wine or cider has a
tang
of the cask
.
2.
Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf.
Tang
a twang.
Such proceedings had a strong
tang
of tyranny.
Fuller.
A cant of philosophism, and a
tang
of party politics.
Jeffrey.
3.
[Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
tangi
a projecting point; akin to E.
tongs
. See
Tongs
.]
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
Specifically: –
(a)
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
(b)
The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
(c)
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
(d)
The tongue of a buckle.
[Prov. Eng.]

Tang

,
Noun.
[Of imitative origin. Cf.
Twang
. This word has become confused with
tang
taste, flavor.]
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

Tang

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tanged
(tăngd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tanging
.]
To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
Let thy tongue
tang
arguments of state.
Shakespeare
To tang bees
,
to cause a swarm of bees to settle, by beating metal to make a din.

Tang

,
Verb.
I.
To make a ringing sound; to ring.
Let thy tongue
tang
arguments of state.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Tang

TANG

,
Noun.
[Gr. rancor; rancid.]
1.
A strong taste; particularly, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
2.
Relish; taste. [Not elegant.]
3.
Something that leaves a sting or pain behind.
She had a tongue with a tang.
4.
Sound; tone. [Not in use.]

TANG

,
Verb.
I.
To ring with. [Not in use.]
[This may be allied to ding, dong.]

Definition 2024

Tang

Tang

See also: tang, tāng, táng, tàng, tǎng, tăng, and tång

English

Proper noun

Tang

  1. The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
  2. The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
  3. A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
  4. Any of a number of places in China.

See also

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 湯 ‎(Tāng).

Proper noun

Tang ‎(plural Tangs)

  1. A Mandarin surname.

Etymology 3

From Cantonese 滕 ‎(Tang4 (Téng ㄊㄥˊ)).

Proper noun

Tang ‎(plural Tangs)

  1. A Cantonese surname.

Etymology 4

From Chinese 鄧 ‎(Dèng ㄉㄥˋ Dang6)

Proper noun

Tang ‎(plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname

Etymology 5

From Persian تنگ ‎(tang, “narrow, tight”).

Proper noun

Tang

  1. Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Tang m ‎(genitive Tangs, plural Tange)

  1. seaweed

Declension

tang

tang

English

Noun

tang ‎(plural tangs)

  1. (obsolete) tongue
    • 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V,
      Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?
  2. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor
    • 1904, O. Henry, "The Missing Chord"
      The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.
  3. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
    Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
  4. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge
    • Fuller
      Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.
    • Jeffrey
      a cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics
    • 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, "At Sunset Time"
      What, was it I who bared my heart / Through unrelenting years, / And knew the sting of misery's dart, / The tang of sorrow's tears?
  5. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
  6. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle
  7. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock
  8. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened
  9. Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
  10. A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus, also known as the surgeonfish.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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Translations

Etymology 2

imitative

Noun

tang ‎(plural tangs)

  1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang

Verb

tang ‎(third-person singular simple present tangs, present participle tanging, simple past and past participle tanged)

  1. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.[1][2]
  2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.
    Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. — Shakespeare.

Etymology 3

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang ‎(“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang

Noun

tang ‎(plural tangs)

  1. (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)

Translations

Etymology 4

From poontang by shortening

Noun

tang ‎(plural tangs)

  1. (vulgar slang) The ****
    • 2002, Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 0-312-31363-2, page 9,
      The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are […]
  2. (vulgar slang) intercourse with a woman

References

  1. ↑ Eva Crane, The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting, Taylor & Francis (1999), ISBN 0415924677, page 239.
  2. ↑ Hilda M. Ransome, The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore, Courier Dover Publications (2004), ISBN 048643494X, page 225.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tǫng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]

Noun

tang c (singular definite tangen, plural indefinite tænger)

  1. tongs
  2. forceps
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]

Noun

tang c (singular definite tangen, not used in plural form)

  1. seaweed

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-Germanic *tangō.

Noun

tang f ‎(plural tangen, diminutive tangetje n)

  1. pliers
  2. tongs
  3. (especially the diminutive) pincers, tweezers
  4. (figuratively) shrew, bitch

Derived terms

  • krultang
  • nijptang

Estonian

Noun

tang ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. groat

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Kriol

Etymology

From English tongue.

Noun

tang

  1. tongue

Kurdish

Noun

tang ?

  1. side

Kusunda

Noun

tang

  1. water

Mandarin

Romanization

tang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of táng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tàng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tǫng

Noun

tang f, m ‎(definite singular tanga or tangen, indefinite plural tenger, definite plural tengene)

  1. (a pair of) pliers, pincers
  2. (a pair of) forceps
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þang, compare with German Tang

Noun

tang m ‎(definite singular tangen, uncountable)
tang n ‎(definite singular tanget, uncountable)

  1. kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þang

Noun

tang m ‎(definite singular tangen, uncountable)
tang n ‎(definite singular tanget, uncountable)

  1. kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English tongue.

Noun

tang

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English tongue.

Noun

tang

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Vietnamese

Noun

tang

  1. (trigonometry) tangent

Etymology

From Mandarin 唐 ‎(Táng).

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