gang

Meaning

Verb

To go; walk; proceed.

Noun

1. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
2. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
3. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
4. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
5. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
6. (US) A chain gang.
7. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
8. A set; all required for an outfit.
9. A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
10. A group of wires attached as a bundle.
11. (dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
12. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
13. A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
14. (Internet, broadly) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

Noun

Alternative form of gangue.

Synonyms

band

group

party

🥳

crew

crowd

company

pack

mob

clique

set

team

ring

💍

faction

bunch

flock

cluster

squad

troupe

followers

friends

work party

partisans

assembly

body

collection

bevy

gangsters

friend

swarm

army

political party

gang up

coterie

herd

conspirators

association

horde

partner

companions

coil

bloc

associate

club

clans

clan

bank

🏦

adherents

fraternity

circle

⭕

flow

Translations

pandilla

Bande

banda

gang

bande

banda

combriccola

Rotte

Gruppe

bende

groupe

schare

gangue

squadra

gang

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡæŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gangen

Inherited from Old English: gangan

Cognate with Scots: gang

Cognate with Swedish: gånga

Cognate with Faroese: ganga

Cognate with Icelandic: ganga

Inherited from Middle English: gang

Inherited from Old English: gang

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Gong

Cognate with Dutch: gang

Cognate with German: Gang

Cognate with Norwegian: gang

Cognate with Swedish: gång

Cognate with Icelandic: gangur

In summary

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”).
Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately related to Etymology 2, which see below.