(obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
noun
(architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
The act of gaining; acquisition.
The thing or things gained.
prep
(obsolete) Against.
verb
(intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
(intransitive) To put on weight.
(of a clock or watch) To run fast.
(transitive) To acquire possession of.
(transitive) To increase.
(transitive) To reach.
(transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
gand
gane
gang
gang
noun
(US) A chain gang.
(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
(mining) Alternative form of gangue
(now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
A set; all required for an outfit.
verb
(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
(transitive) To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
Pronunciation spelling of gan.
Synonym of gangbang: to have sex with a single partner as a gang.
gans
gans
verb
(Tyneside) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan
gant
gaon
gaon
noun
(India) A village.
Alternative letter-case form of Gaon
garn
garn
intj
(Cockney slang) A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
noun
(obsolete) yarn (twisted fibers for weaving)
gaun
gawn
gawn
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A small tub or lading vessel.
verb
(pronunciation spelling) Eye dialect spelling of certain regional pronunciations of going.
gayn
gean
gean
noun
(now dialectal) A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
gena
gena
noun
(entomology) The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analagous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.
(entomology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
(zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
ghan
gian
gina
gina
noun
(US, Canada, slang, derogatory) The female equivalent of a gino.
(hypocoristic, slang) The vagina.
gnar
gnar
adj
(slang, chiefly sports) Gnarly.
noun
(slang, extreme sports) Snow or an ocean wave.
verb
To snarl or growl.
gnat
gnat
noun
(informal) An annoying person.
Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
gnaw
gnaw
noun
the act of gnawing
verb
(intransitive) To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
(transitive, intransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
gnma
goan
goan
verb
Pronunciation spelling of going to.
gona
gran
gran
noun
(informal, usually affectionate) A grandmother.
(rare) A grandfather.
guan
guan
noun
Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.
guna
guna
noun
(Sanskrit linguistics) A lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element.
In Hindu philosophy, any of the three fundamental operating principles or tendencies of prakṛti (universal nature): sattva, rajas, and tamas.
hang
hang
noun
(Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
(computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
(informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
A hangout.
A mass of hanging material.
A person that someone hangs out with.
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
A slackening of motion.
Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”)
He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations.
The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
The way in which something hangs.
verb
(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
(intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
(intransitive) To veer in one direction.
(intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
(intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
(intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
(intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
(intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
(intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
(transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
(transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
(transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
(transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
(transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
(transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
(transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
(transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
(transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
(transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
(transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
(transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
inga
inga
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
kang
kang
noun
(humorous) Pronunciation spelling of king.
(informal) Clipping of kangaroo.
A large Chinese water jar.
A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
verb
(Android programming, slang) To appropriate someone else's work.
knag
knag
noun
(Scotland) A small cask or barrel; a keg or noggin
(Scotland, obsolete) The woodpecker
(obsolete) One of the points of a stag's horn or a tine
A knot in a piece of wood or the base of a branch
A peg or hook for hanging something on
A pointed rock or crag
A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir
verb
To hang something on a peg
lang
lang
adj
(obsolete outside Northumbria) long
noun
Abbreviation of language
mang
mang
noun
Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
prep
(Devon) Amid, amongst, among.
verb
(Devon) To mix.
(slang, dated, rare, transative, intransitive) To beg; to beg for money.
naga
naga
noun
(Australia) A loincloth.
(Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
nage
nags
nags
noun
plural of nag
nagy
naig
ncga
ngai
pang
pang
noun
(often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
(often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense of ping
(transitive) To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
rang
rang
verb
simple past tense of ring (only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)
sang
sang
noun
Alternative form of sheng (“Chinese wind instrument”)
verb
simple past tense of sing
snag
snag
noun
(Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.
(Australian rules football, slang) A goal.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.
(by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
(informal, uncommon) Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
A dead tree that remains standing.
A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
verb
(UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
(fishing) To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
(slang, transitive) To obtain or pick up.
To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
tang
tang
noun
(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
(countable, vulgar slang) The vagina.
(figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
(firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
(uncountable, vulgar slang) sexual intercourse with a woman
(zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
verb
(dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
To make a ringing sound; to ring.
uang
vang
vang
noun
(nautical) A line extended down from the end of a gaff, used to regulate its position
verb
(dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for.
(dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.
(sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
wang
wang
noun
(colloquial) Penis.
(dialectal or obsolete) The cheek; the jaw.
Alternative spelling of whang
verb
(transitive) To batter; to clobber; to conk.
(transitive) To throw hard.
To continue to talk about a specific subject.
yang
yang
noun
(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.