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Ganging

//ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing.

    "The object of the snood swivels, in which the gangings are so easily adjustable, is to save time in removing the fish and in baiting the hooks."

  2. 2
    The formation of a gang or clique. uncountable

    "Some never-atrophying instinct warned him of danger, of gangings up against him--he was never so dangerous himself as when others considered him surrounded."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gang form-of, gerund, participle, present

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