gang
♦ gang /g'æŋ/ (gangs ganging ganged)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A gang is a group of people, especially young people, who go around together and often deliberately cause trouble.
During the fight with a rival gang he lashed out with his flick knife...
Gang members were behind a lot of the violence...
He was attacked by a gang of youths.
2 [N-COUNT]
A gang is a group of criminals who work together to commit crimes.
Police were hunting for a gang who had allegedly stolen fifty-five cars.
...an underworld gang.
...a gang of masked robbers.
3 [N-SING] usu the N
The gang is a group of friends who frequently meet. (INFORMAL)
Come on over, we've got lots of the old gang here.
4 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A gang is a group of workers who do physical work together.
...a gang of labourers.chain gang (chain gangs)
[N-COUNT]
In the United States, a chain gang is a group of prisoners who are chained together to do work outside their prison. Chain gangs existed especially in former times.gang rape (gang rapes gang raping gang raped)
also gang-rape
[VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, also V n
If a woman is gang raped, several men force her to have sex with them.
For five hours, the women were gang-raped.
[N-COUNT]
Gang rape is also a noun.gang up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P on n, V P to-inf, V P against n
If people gang up on someone, they unite against them for a particular reason, for example in a fight or argument. (INFORMAL)
Harrison complained that his colleagues ganged up on him...
All the other parties ganged up to keep them out of power...
All the girls in my class seemed to gang up against me.
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A gang is a group of people, especially young people, who go around together and often deliberately cause trouble.
During the fight with a rival gang he lashed out with his flick knife...
Gang members were behind a lot of the violence...
He was attacked by a gang of youths.
2 [N-COUNT]
A gang is a group of criminals who work together to commit crimes.
Police were hunting for a gang who had allegedly stolen fifty-five cars.
...an underworld gang.
...a gang of masked robbers.
3 [N-SING] usu the N
The gang is a group of friends who frequently meet. (INFORMAL)
Come on over, we've got lots of the old gang here.
4 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A gang is a group of workers who do physical work together.
...a gang of labourers.chain gang (chain gangs)
[N-COUNT]
In the United States, a chain gang is a group of prisoners who are chained together to do work outside their prison. Chain gangs existed especially in former times.gang rape (gang rapes gang raping gang raped)
also gang-rape
[VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, also V n
If a woman is gang raped, several men force her to have sex with them.
For five hours, the women were gang-raped.
[N-COUNT]
Gang rape is also a noun.gang up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P on n, V P to-inf, V P against n
If people gang up on someone, they unite against them for a particular reason, for example in a fight or argument. (INFORMAL)
Harrison complained that his colleagues ganged up on him...
All the other parties ganged up to keep them out of power...
All the girls in my class seemed to gang up against me.