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