gang
noun
[ ɡaŋ ]
• an organized group of criminals.
• "a gang of bank robbers"
• a set of switches, sockets, or other electrical or mechanical devices grouped together.
• "the machine had a gang of cutter chains on a swivelling head"
gang
verb
• (of a number of people) form a group or gang.
• "three banks ganged together to form a ‘virtual bank’"
• arrange (electrical devices or machines) together to work in coordination.
• "adjacent faders can be ganged for common manipulation"
Origin:
Old English, from Old Norse gangr, ganga ‘gait, course, going’, of Germanic origin; related to gang2. The original meaning was ‘going, a journey’, later in Middle English ‘a way’, also ‘set of things or people which go together’.
gang
verb
• go; proceed.
• "gang to your bed, lass"
Origin:
Old English gangan, of Germanic origin; related to go1.
