tang

Meanings

1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
3. A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
5. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
6. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
7. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
8. A shuffleboard paddle.
9. Obsolete form of tongue.
10. Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.

1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

1. 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.

1. knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)

1. The vagina or vulva.
2. Sexual intercourse with a woman

1. Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.

1. The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
2. The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
3. A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
4. Any of a number of places in China.
5. A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
6. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

1. Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.

1. A gewog of Bumthang District, Bhutan.

Etymology

From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Middle Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”).

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