noun
- a strong taste or flavor.
- the distinctive flavor or quality of a thing.
- a pungent or distinctive odor.
- a touch or suggestion of something; slight trace.
- a long and slender projecting strip, tongue, or prong forming part of an object, as a chisel, file, or knife, and serving as a means of attachment for another part, as a handle or stock.
- a surgeonfish.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a tang.
noun
- a sharp ringing or twanging sound; clang.
verb (used with or without object)
- to ring or twang; clang.
noun
- a dynasty in China, a.d. 618–907, marked by territorial expansion, the invention of printing, and the high development of poetry.
noun
- a strong taste or flavourthe tang of the sea
- a pungent or characteristic smellthe tang of peat fires
- a trace, touch, or hint of somethinga tang of cloves in the apple pie
- the pointed end of a tool, such as a chisel, file, knife, etc, which is fitted into a handle, shaft, or stock
noun
- the imperial dynasty of China from 618–907 ad
n.mid-14c., “serpent’s tongue” (thought to be a stinging organ), later “sharp extension of a metal blade” (1680s), from Old Norse tangi “spit of land, pointed metal tool,” perhaps related to tunga “tongue” (see tongue). Figurative sense of “a sharp taste” is first recorded mid-15c.; that of “suggestion, trace” is from 1590s. The fish (1734) so called for their spines.