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Spang
Definitions
- 1 Suddenly; slap, smack. dated, not-comparable
"And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack."
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A shiny ornament or object; a spangle obsolete
"With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare."
- 2 A bound or spring; a leap. Scotland
"Set roast-beef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it—[…]"
- 3 A span. Scotland
- 1 To set with bright points: star or spangle.
- 2 Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report. intransitive
"Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks."
- 3 To leap; spring. Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
"a. 1758, Allan Ramsay, epistle to Robert Yarde But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense."
- 4 leap, jerk, bang wordnet
- 5 To hitch; fasten.
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- 6 To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence. Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup”), likely from Middle Dutch spange (“buckle, clasp”) or Old English spang (“buckle, clasp”).
From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup”), likely from Middle Dutch spange (“buckle, clasp”) or Old English spang (“buckle, clasp”).
Onomatopoeic.
Onomatopoeic.
Uncertain. Cognate with Scots spang, and possibly related to English spank.
Uncertain. Cognate with Scots spang, and possibly related to English spank.
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