gang

gang is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go; to walk. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 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 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To go; to walk.
2. intransitive verb. A going; a course.
3. intransitive verb. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
4. intransitive verb. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
5. intransitive verb. A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
6. intransitive verb. The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
7. noun. tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
8. noun. an organized group of workmen

   Synonyms: crew

9. noun. an association of criminals

   "police tried to break up the gang"

   "a pack of thieves"

   Synonyms: mob, pack, ring

10. noun. an informal body of friends

    "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

    Synonyms: bunch, crew, crowd

11. verb. act as an organized group

Synonyms

crew, mob, pack, ring, bunch, crowd

Common word forms

gangs, ganged, ganger, ganges, gangly, ganging

Words from these letters

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