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- 1 The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
- 2 A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
"Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts."
- 3 Four large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.
"The FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) today are leading the charge, and many of them boast P/Es in the hundreds!"
- 4 A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.
- 5 A surname from Mandarin
- 1 A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
"The warrior realized in an instant that he owed his life to this strange white man, and he also saw that only a miracle could save his preserver from those fierce yellow fangs that had been so near to his own flesh."
- 2 A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold. Scotland, dialectal
- 3 A people of western Africa. plural, plural-only
- 4 hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison wordnet
- 5 A long pointed tooth in snakes, for injecting venom.
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- 6 That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- 7 canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey wordnet
- 8 Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
- 9 Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
"Now take out your Indian Tuberoſes, parting the Off-ſets (but with care, leſt you break their fangs) then pot them in natural (not forc'd) Earth; [...] the protuberant fangs of the Yuca are to be treated like the Tuberoſes."
- 10 an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs wordnet
- 11 A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
- 12 a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon wordnet
- 13 Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off. in-plural, rare
- 14 The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
- 15 The valve of a pump box.
- 1 To strike or attack with the fangs. rare
- 2 To catch, capture; seize. archaic, dialectal, transitive
"Gentlemen, break not the head of the peace: it's to no purpose, for he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged."
- 3 To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate. Scotland, transitive
- 4 To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly. Australia, intransitive, slang, transitive
"Soph was probably out drag-racing with Draz, or fanging down some brightly lit street somewhere hanging out Draz's brother's sunroof and waving at passers-by and screaming."
- 5 To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
"chariots fang'd with scythes"
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- 6 To take; receive with assent; accept. dialectal, obsolete, transitive
- 7 To receive with hospitality. obsolete, transitive
- 8 To receive. obsolete, transitive
- 9 To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to. dialectal, transitive
Etymology
From an abbreviation of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“canine tooth”, literally “snag-tooth, catch-tooth”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand.
From an abbreviation of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“canine tooth”, literally “snag-tooth, catch-tooth”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand.
From Middle English fangen, fongen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Cognate with North Frisian fo, fu, füünj (“to get, obtain, receive”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen, fahen (“to catch”), Low German fangen (“to catch”), Luxembourgish fänken (“to catch”), Faroese fá, fáa (“to get; to catch”), Icelandic fá (“to get, receive”), Danish, Norwegian, Swedish få (“to get, receive”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Compare Scots fang (“catch”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Compare Scots fang (“catch”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
The Macquarie Dictionary and the Australian National Dictionary Centre derive it from the name of Juan Fangio, Argentinian racing driver.
The county sense is from Mandarin 房 (Fáng). The surname sense could be from Mandarin 方 (Fāng), 房 (Fáng), 芳 (Fāng), 仿 (Fǎng) or 放 (Fǎng).
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