tang Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tart spicy quality
    piquantness; tanginess; zest; piquance; nip; piquancy.
  2. noun the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
    Tang dynasty.
  3. noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
    nip; flavour; savor; savour; sapidity; smack; flavor; relish.
  4. noun a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
    bladderwrack; bladder fucus; Fucus vesiculosus; black rockweed.
  5. noun brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
    Fucus serratus; serrated wrack.
  6. noun any of various coarse seaweeds
    sea tang.
  7. noun any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
    sea tangle.

WordNet

Tang noun
Etymology
Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. tång, Icel. þang. Cf. Tangle.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). Dr. Prior.
Tang noun
Etymology
Probably fr. OD. tanger sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. tongs. *59. See Tong.
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
    Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. Fuller.
    A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics. Jeffrey.
  3. Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. tangi a projecting point; akin to E. tongs. See Tongs. 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. Specifically: -- (a) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. (b) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. (c) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. (d) The tongue of a buckle. Prov. Eng.
Tang noun
Etymology
Of imitative origin. Cf. Twang. This word has become confused with tang tatse, flavor.
Definitions
  1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
Tang transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tanged ; present participle & verbal noun Tanging
Definitions
  1. To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
    Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.
Tang intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a ringing sound; to ring.
    Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.

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