Tang
- Proper noun. Tang dynasty.
- Noun. (obsolete) tongue.
- Noun. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- Noun. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
- Noun. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- Noun. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
- Noun. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
- Noun. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- Noun. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- Noun. The tongue of a buckle.
- Noun. A group of saltwater fish from the ''Zebrasoma '' genus, also known as the surgeon fish.
- Noun. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- Verb. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.Eva Crane, ''The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting'', Taylor & Francis (1999), ISBN 0415924677, page 239.Hilda M. Ransome, ''The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore'', Courier Dover Publications (2004), ISBN 048643494X, page 225..
- Noun. (rare) A coarse blackish seaweed (''Fuscus nodosus'').
- Noun. (vulgar, _) The vagina; intercourse with a woman.
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