GANG
Dictionary entry overview: What does gang mean?
• GANG (noun)
The noun GANG has 4 senses:
1. an association of criminals
2. an informal body of friends
3. an organized group of workmen
4. tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
Familiarity information: GANG used as a noun is uncommon.
• GANG (verb)
The verb GANG has 1 sense:
1. act as an organized group
Familiarity information: GANG used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GANG (noun)
Meaning:
An association of criminals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
gang; mob; pack; ring
Context examples:
police tried to break up the gang / a pack of thieves
Hypernyms ("gang" is a kind of...):
association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)
Meronyms (members of "gang"):
gangster; mobster (a criminal who is a member of gang)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gang"):
nest (a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality)
youth gang (a gang whose members are teenagers)
Holonyms ("gang" is a member of...):
gangdom; gangland; organized crime (underworld organizations)
Meaning:
An informal body of friends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
bunch; crowd; gang; crew
Context example:
he still hangs out with the same crowd
Hypernyms ("gang" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Meaning:
An organized group of workmen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
work party; crew; gang
Hypernyms ("gang" is a kind of...):
social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)
Meronyms (members of "gang"):
crewman (a member of a work crew)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gang"):
road gang (a gang of road workers)
shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)
detail (a crew of workers selected for a particular task)
chain gang (a gang of convicts chained together)
ground crew; ground-service crew (the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground)
stage crew (crew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production)
section gang (a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad)
Holonyms ("gang" is a member of...):
hands; manpower; men; work force; workforce (the force of workers available)
Meaning:
Tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gang" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
• GANG (verb)
Meaning:
Act as an organized group
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
gang; gang up
Hypernyms (to "gang" is one way to...):
aggroup; group (form a group or group together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
