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tang


noun

  1. a strong taste or flavor.
  2. the distinctive flavor or quality of a thing.
  3. a pungent or distinctive odor.
  4. a touch or suggestion of something; slight trace.
  5. 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.
  6. a surgeonfish.

verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with a tang.

noun

  1. a sharp ringing or twanging sound; clang.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to ring or twang; clang.

noun

  1. a dynasty in China, a.d. 618–907, marked by territorial expansion, the invention of printing, and the high development of poetry.

noun

  1. a strong taste or flavourthe tang of the sea
  2. a pungent or characteristic smellthe tang of peat fires
  3. a trace, touch, or hint of somethinga tang of cloves in the apple pie
  4. the pointed end of a tool, such as a chisel, file, knife, etc, which is fitted into a handle, shaft, or stock

noun

  1. 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.

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