Definition of Fang

Babylon English

fang
n. dog's tooth; tooth resembling that of a dog; tooth of a venomous snake; great speed drive in a vehicle
v. drive a very high speed

Fang
n. member of a people who live in the rain forests of Cameroon and Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
n. Bantu language spoken by the Fang people

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Fang Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

WordNet 2.0

Fang

Noun
1. a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
(hypernym) Bantu, Bantoid language

fang

Noun
1. canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
(hypernym) canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid
2. hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
(hypernym) tooth

Australian Slang

Fang
1. tooth; 2. act of eating: "go the fang"; 3. penis; 4. borrow; 5. drive one's car or motorbike at great speed; hoon; 6. such a drive; a hoon: “taking it for a fang around the block” (from Juan Fangio (born 1911), Argentinian racing-car driver)

Be good on the fang
be a hearty eater

Fang carpenter
dentist

Fang farrier
dentist

Fang it
1) to drive fast; 2) to exert force so someone will lend or give you something; 3) to appropriate what's not yours

Fang merchant
dentist

Put in the fangs
borrow

Put the fangs into
attempt to borrow from; to make demands on

Shakespeare Words

FANG
to seize in the teeth

hEnglish - advanced version

fang

fang
\fang\ (făng), v. t. [oe. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), as. fōn; akin to d. vangen, ohg. fāhan, g. fahen, fangen, icel. fā, sw. f?, f?nga, dan. fange, faae, goth. fahan, and prob. to e. fair, peace, pact. cf. fair, a.]
1. to catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [obs.] he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. webster.
2. to enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. "chariots fanged with scythes." ips.
fang
\fang\, n. [from fang, v. t.; cf. as. fang a taking, booty, g. fang.] 1. (zo?l.) the tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. also, one of the falcers of a spider. since i am a dog, beware my fangs.
2. any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. the protuberant fangs of the yucca.
3. (anat.) the root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. see tooth.
4. (mining) a niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
5. (mech.) a projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
6. (naut.) (a) the valve of a pump box. (b) a bend or loop of a rope.

similar words(4)

poison fang
to fang a pump
to lose the fang
in a fang

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1

fang
starrfhiacail

JM Languages

FANG
Fang is a Bantu language spoken by the Okak and Ntumu people of Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe and Equatorial Guinea.
The language is: Fang

Fang Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries