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Gang vs Gank - What's the difference?

gang | gank |

Gank is a alternative form of gang.



As verbs the difference between gang and gank

is that gang is to go; walk; proceed while gank is to swindle.

As a noun gang

is a going, journey; a course, path, track.

gang

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) gangen, from (etyl) . Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.

Verb

(en verb)
  • To go; walk; proceed.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gang, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch gang, Icelandic gangur, Norwegian gang ("hallway"), Old Norse gangr (passage, hallway).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A going, journey; a course, path, track.
  • * 1840 , Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes I":
    • In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
  • * 1869 , Papa André , Once a Week, page 418/1:
    • That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon'' ganger'', to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.
  • * 1895 , Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl , Modern Language Association of America, page 229:
    • Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
  • A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
    • the Gashouse Gang
    The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
  • A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
    • a gang''' of sailors; a railroad '''gang .
  • (US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
    • a youth gang'''; a neighborhood '''gang'''; motorcycle '''gang .
  • A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit, or a group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
    • the Winter Hill gang'''; the '''Gang of Four.
    Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
  • (US) A chain gang.
  • A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
    • a gang''' of saws; a '''gang of plows.
  • A set; all required for an outfit.
    • a new gang of stays.
  • (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
    • an outlet gang''' box; a double '''gang switch.
  • (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
    • a gang of wires
    Do a drop for the telephone gang''', then another drop for the internet '''gang , both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.
  • (mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
    • Derived terms
    * anti-gang * chain gang * gang bang * gang box * gang-buster * gangboard * gang-cask * gangdom * gangland * gangplank * gang rape * gangsman * gang switch * gangster * gang up * gang up on * gangway * ingang * outgang * street gang * umgang * upgang

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To band together as a group or gang.
    • "Let's gang up on them."

    See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    See (gan).

    Verb

    • English collective nouns ----

    gank

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To swindle.
  • * 1989 , The Beastie Boys in "Car Thief" from the album Paul's Boutique
    • Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee
  • *2001 , Delphine Jamet, Street Kid in the City [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1865085030&id=4535LUpaODsC&pg=RA26-PT4&lpg=RA26-PT4&dq=ganked&sig=HmEVVrF2HQAWuZ9wo2gWusdExd8]
    • Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him.
  • *2004 , Mike Sager, Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Murder Page 135
    • Just as Eazy had robbed Lonzo at Crew Cut Records, Suge and Dre had now ganked Eazy. This time, however, there was a slight problem.
  • *2004 , U.S. Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Combating Gang Violence in America Page 28
    • And in the old days, you know, if you ganked a drug dealer, they would beat you senseless.
  • (slang) To steal.
  • *2002 , A. K. Stanfield, Zen Smoking: A Mock Epic with Stock Characters Page 261
    • “I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.
  • *2006 , N. Frank Daniels, Futureproof Page 206
    • It was one of the syringes Splinter ganked from the hospital the other day when he was in there for chest pains.
  • (transitive, Internet, online gaming, slang) To kill, ambush, or defeat with little effort; used in online games.
    • Our group totally ganked this guy.
    I hate it when corpse-campers gank me over and over again.

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • passage
  • hall, hallway, corridor

    • Related terms

    * (l), (l)