tang

Meaning

Noun

1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
3. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
5. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
6. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
7. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
8. A shuffleboard paddle.
9. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of tongue.
10. (broadly) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.

Verb

1. (dated) 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.
2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Opposite of

blandness, dullness

Synonyms

flavor

smack

nip

relish

zest

savour

taste

savor

sapidity

sea tangle

black rockweed

bladderwrack

bladder fucus

tanginess

clang

flavour

kelp

odor

piquancy

piquantness

scent

tinge

twang

sea tang

Fucus serratus

Fucus vesiculosus

piquance

serrated wrack

spout

sting

jelly bean

feature

tongue

👅

condiment

flavouring

flavourer

flavorer

alga

rockweed

horned pondweed

ring

💍

prong

penis

aftertaste

seasoner

seasoning

sense of taste

jingle

Translations

punta

aculeo

Angel

pırazvana

tangırtı

incappellaggio

tangırdamak

Erl

Schärfe

γλώσσα

Gewürz

έντονη μυρουδιά

αλμύρα

ισχυρή γεύση

aromatització

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʰæŋ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: tunga

Cognate with Middle Dutch: tanger

Cognate with Danish: tang

Cognate with Swedish: tång

Cognate with Icelandic: þang

In summary

From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Middle Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”).