fang

fang is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
2. adjective. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
3. transitive verb. 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.
4. transitive verb. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
5. transitive verb. The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
6. transitive verb. A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
7. transitive verb. 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.
8. transitive verb. The valve of a pump box.
9. transitive verb. A bend or loop of a rope.
10. noun. hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
11. noun. canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
12. noun. an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
13. noun. a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon

Common word forms

fangs, fanged, fanger, fanging, fangless

Words from these letters

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