'Tang' definitions:

Definition of 'tang'

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noun
A tart spicy quality [syn: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest]
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The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 [syn: Tang, Tang dynasty]
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The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang]
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A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure [syn: bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus]
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Brown algae seaweed with serrated edges [syn: serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, tang]
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Any of various coarse seaweeds [syn: tang, sea tang]
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Any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria [syn: sea tangle, tang]

Definition of 'Tang'

From: GCIDE
  • Tang \Tang\, n. [Probably fr. OD. tanger sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. tongs. [root]59. See Tong.]
  • 1. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang. [1913 Webster]
  • Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. tangi a projecting point; akin to E. tongs. See Tongs.] A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. [1913 Webster] (b) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. [1913 Webster] (c) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. [1913 Webster] (d) The tongue of a buckle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tang'

From: GCIDE
  • Tang \Tang\ (t[a^]ng), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. t[*a]ng, Icel. [thorn]ang. Cf. Tangle.] (Bot.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). --Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • Tang sparrow (Zool.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tang'

From: GCIDE
  • Tang \Tang\, v. i. To make a ringing sound; to ring. [1913 Webster]
  • Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tang'

From: GCIDE
  • Tang \Tang\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Twang. This word has become confused with tang tatse, flavor.] A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tang'

From: GCIDE
  • Tang \Tang\ (t[aum]ng), n. [Chin. T`ang.] A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Tang'

From: GCIDE
  • Tang \Tang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tanging.] To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring. [1913 Webster]
  • Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To tang bees, to cause a swarm of bees to settle, by beating metal to make a din. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tang'

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Words containing 'Tang'