Usually means: Group united for common interests.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. gang: Merriam-Webster
  2. gang, gang: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gang, gang: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gang: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gang: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gang, Gang, gang: Wordnik
  7. gang: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gang: Wiktionary
  9. gang: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gang: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gang: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. gang: Dictionary.com
  13. gang: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. gang: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Gang (album), Gang (disambiguation), Gang (film), Gang (group), Gang, The Gang (film), The Gang: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Gang: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. gang: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. gang: Rhymezone
  19. Gang (m), gang, gang (de), gang (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. gang: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. gang: FreeDictionary.org
  22. gang: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. gang: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. gang: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. gang: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Gang (group), The Gang, gang: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gang (group), The Gang, gang: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. gang: Eastern Tea
  4. GANG: Acronym Finder
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. gang: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. gang, gang, gang: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. gang: The Folk File
  4. the gang: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
noun:  A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
noun:  A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
noun:  A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
noun:  A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
noun:  A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
noun:  (US) A chain gang.
noun:  A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
noun:  A set; all required for an outfit.
noun:  (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
noun:  (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
noun:  (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
noun:  (African-American Vernacular, used in the vocative) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
verb:  (transitive) To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
verb:  Synonym of gangbang
verb:  Pronunciation spelling of gan. [(Northumbria) To go.]
noun:  (mining) Alternative form of gangue [(mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.]

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