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fang

noun
/ˈfæŋ//ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/CA

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from *peh₂ḱ-✻
  2. inherited from *fanhaną✻
  3. derived from fanga
  4. inherited from fōn
  5. inherited from fangen

Definitions

  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. Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.

  3. A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.

  4. ›+ 25 more definitions

    1. A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.

    2. Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.

    3. Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.

    4. To strike or attack with the fangs.

    5. To enable to catch or tear

      To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

      • chariots fang'd with scythes

    6. To catch, capture

      To catch, capture; seize.

      • 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.
      • Destruction fang mankind.

    7. To take

      To take; receive with assent; accept.

    8. To receive with hospitality.

    9. To receive.

    10. To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism

      To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

    11. A grasping

      A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.

    12. That which is seized or carried off

      That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.

    13. Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing,…

      Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly

    14. Synonym of vang, a line extended from the end of a gaff to control its position.

    15. The valve of a pump-box.

    16. A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.

    17. Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.

    18. To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

    19. To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.

      • 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.
      • The question of whether rail might be a better long-term option than road is passed over with the speed of a merchant banker fanging up the toll road to Mount Buller for the weekend[…]
      • Batman changed gears and fanged the car a little too fast around a corner, almost skidding onto Elizabeth Street at the back of Redfern.

    20. A people of western Africa.

    21. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people,…

      The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.

    22. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken…

      A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.

    23. 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.
      • FANG COUNTY HYDROELECTRICITY--This year the people in Fang County have developed 135 small hydroelectric power stations with a total installed[...]
      • After parting with his brothers, Wang Yü-yang journeyed on the southwest road and came to a small town nestled in the rural region of Fang County.

    24. A surname from Mandarin

    25. Four large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock

      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!

The neighborhood

Derived

defang, fangalicious, fangaroo, fangblenny, fangboy, fangdom, fanged, fangful, fangfully, fang job, fangless, fanglet, fanglike, fangsmith, fangsome, fangtastic, fangtasy, fangy, unfang, befang, fanger, fangle, fire-fang, healsfang, infang, outfangthief, underfang, yesterfang, fanging, in fang with, lose the fang, windfang

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fang. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA