gang

  1. Verb.  (intransitive, chiefly) To go; walk; proceed.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
  3. Noun.  A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
  4. Noun.  A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
  5. Noun.  A set; all required for an outfit.
  6. Noun.  The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
  7. Noun.  (italbrac, Electrical components) The number of switches wired into one face plate.
  8. Noun.  (italbrac, electrical components) A group of wires attached as a collection;.
  9. Noun.  (US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
  10. Verb.  (intransitive) To band together as a group or gang.
  11. Verb.  (form of, Eye-dialect spelling) .

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