tang
noun · verbA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
a tang of citrus
Đồng nghĩa: bite, piquancy, spiciness, twang, zing
- 2.
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
a tang of cellar
Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
Đồng nghĩa: twang
- 3.
(figuratively)A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
a tang of pedantry
- 4.
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
(archaic)
slip the cable over the tang
Đồng nghĩa: fang
- 5.
(games) A shuffleboard paddle.
- 6.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete form of tongue.
1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V, Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?
- 7.
(broadly)(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
- 8.
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- 9.
(countable, rare, uncountable)knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
- 10.
(countable, vulgar)The vagina or vulva.
- 11.
(uncountable, vulgar)Sexual intercourse with a woman
- 12.
(zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
Đồng nghĩa: surgeonfish
Động từ
verb- 1.
(dated)(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.
- 2.
To make a ringing sound; to ring.
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From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (tongs, fang), from Old Norse tangi (pointed metal tool), perhaps related to tunga tongue. But see also tanger.