gangとは

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語源 1

From Middle English gangen, from 古期英語 gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), 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 etym. 2, see below.

別の表記

• gan

動詞

gang (三人称単数 現在形 gangs, 現在分詞 ganging, 過去形および過去分詞形 ganged)

1. (intransitive, chiefly Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
   • 1772, Richard Cumberland, The Fashionable Lover. A Comedy. Act III

     (Colin alone) Ah, Colin, thou’rt a prodigal; a thriftless loon thou’st been, that cou’d na’ keep a little pelf to thysall when thou had’st got it; now thou may’st gang in this poor geer to thy live's end, and worse too for aught I can tell; ’faith, mon, ’twas a smeart little bysack of money thou hadst scrap’d together, an the best part of it had na’ being last amongst thy kinsfolk, in the Isles of Skey and Mull; muckle gude may it do the weams of them that ha’ it! There was Jamie MacGregor and Sawney MacNab, and the twa braw lads of Kinruddin, with old Charley MacDougall, my mother's first husband's second cousin: by my sol I cou’d na’ see such near relations, and gentlemen of sich auncient families gang upon bare feet, while I rode a horseback: I had been na’ true Scot, an I cou’d na’ ge’en a countryman a gude last upon occasion (as he is going out, Miss Aubrey enters.)

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English gang, from 古期英語 gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gong, Dutch gang, German Gang, Norwegian gang, Swedish gång, Icelandic gangur, Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas).

名詞

gang (複数形 gangs)

2. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

   the Gashouse Gang

   The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.

3. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.

   a gang of sailors; a railroad gang

4. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

   a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.

6. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.

   The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.

7. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.

   The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.

   Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.

8. (US) A chain gang.
9. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.

   a gang of saws; a gang of plows.

10. A set; all required for an outfit.

    a new gang of stays.

11. (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.

    an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.

12. (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.

    a gang of wires

    Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.

13. (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
    • 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Woodnotes I.3:

      In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang

    • 1869, Papa André, Once a Week, page 418/1:

      That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon ganger, to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.

    • 1895, Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl, Modern Language Association of America, page 229:

      Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.

14. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
    • c. 1000, Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, page 290:

      Þaða he to gange com.

同意語

• (outhouse): See Thesaurus:bathroom

派生語

派生した語

• → Portuguese: gangue
• → Thai: แก๊ง (gɛ́ng)

動詞

gang (三人称単数 現在形 gangs, 現在分詞 ganging, 過去形および過去分詞形 ganged)

1. (transitive) To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
   • 1981, United States. Department of Defense, Human Engineering Design Criteria for Military Systems (page 58)

     Volume controls may be ganged to mode switches to provide maximum output […]

   • 1999 May, Rosario Capotosto, “Building a Bookcase”, in Popular Mechanics:

     When cutting the back cleats with the T-guide, first gang them together so all the marks on one side align.

   • 2011, Corky Binggeli, Interior Graphic Standards: Student Edition, →ISBN, page 317:

     The chairs are usually ganged together using a variety of ganging or locking mechanisms to create rows and prevent the chairs from moving out of position.

派生語

• gang up
• gang up on

参考

• Appendix:English collective nouns

語源 3

See gan.

動詞

gang (second-person 単数形 現在形 gangst)

1. Eye dialect spelling of gan.

語源 4

Shortening of gangbang.

動詞

gang (三人称単数 現在形 gangs, 現在分詞 ganging, 過去形および過去分詞形 ganged)

1. Synonym of gangbang: to have sex with a single partner as a gang.
   • 2015, Richard Allen, Skinhead, page 80:

     […] there's a thin line to tread to avoid fights or getting “ganged” when rejecting the sexual overtures of incarcerated women.

参照

• The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.

名詞

gang (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 gangs)

1. (mining) Alternative form of gangue

アナグラム

• gnag

別の表記

• geng, gong, gung

語源

From Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Related to 古期英語 gangan (“to go, walk”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑnɡ/, [ɡɑŋɡ]

名詞

gang m

1. going, walking
2. path
3. gait
4. toilet

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English: gang, gong
  • Scots: gang
  • English: gang, gong, goung
    • → Dutch: gang
    • → Portuguese: gangue
    • → Norman: dgaîngue

派生語