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.
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.
A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. (Naut.)
The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. (Mining)
A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or less formalized group associating for social purposes, in some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen gang; a youth gang; a street gang.
A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a criminal organization; as, the Parker gang.
Phrases & Compounds
Gang board
A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
Gang cask
a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.
Gang cultivator
a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time.
Gang days
Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below).
Gang drill
a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft.