gang Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an association of criminals
    mob; ring; pack.
    • police tried to break up the gang
    • a pack of thieves
  2. noun an informal body of friends
    bunch; crowd; crew.
    • he still hangs out with the same crowd
  3. noun an organized group of workmen
    work party; crew.
  4. noun tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
  5. verb act as an organized group
    gang up.

WordNet

Gang intransitive verb
Etymology
AS. gangan, akin to OS. & OHG. gangan, Icel. ganga, Goth. gaggan; cf. Lith. engti to walk, Skr. jagha leg. CF. Go.
Definitions
  1. To go; to walk. ✍ Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland.
Gang noun
Etymology
Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See Gang, v. i.
Definitions
  1. A going; a course. Obs.
  2. 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; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
  3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
  4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
  5. Cf. Gangue. (Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.

Webster 1913