Ganged vs Ganked - What's the difference?
ganged | ganked |
(gang)
A going, journey; a course, path, track.
* 1840 , Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes I":
* 1869 , Papa André , Once a Week, page
* 1895 , Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl , Modern Language Association of America, page
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
(US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
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.
(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 set; all required for an outfit.
(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
(mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
(gank)
(slang) To swindle.
* 1989 , The Beastie Boys in "Car Thief" from the album Paul's Boutique
*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]
*2004 , Mike Sager, Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Murder
*2004 , U.S. Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Combating Gang Violence in America
(slang) To steal.
*2002 , A. K. Stanfield, Zen Smoking: A Mock Epic with Stock Characters
*2006 , N. Frank Daniels, Futureproof
(transitive, Internet, online gaming, slang) To kill, ambush, or defeat with little effort; used in online games.
passage
hall, hallway, corridor
As verbs the difference between ganged and ganked
is that ganged is (gang) while ganked is (gank).ganged
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(head)Anagrams
*gang
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) gangen, from (etyl) . Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.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)- In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
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.
229:
- Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
- the Gashouse Gang
- The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
- a gang''' of sailors; a railroad '''gang .
- a youth gang'''; a neighborhood '''gang'''; motorcycle '''gang .
- the Winter Hill gang'''; the '''Gang of Four.
- Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
- a gang''' of saws; a '''gang of plows.
- a new gang of stays.
- an outlet gang''' box; a double '''gang switch.
- 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.
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 * upgangSee also
*Etymology 3
See (gan).ganked
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Verb
(head)gank
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(en verb)- Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee
- Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him.
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- 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.
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- And in the old days, you know, if you ganked a drug dealer, they would beat you senseless.
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- “I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.
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- It was one of the syringes Splinter ganked from the hospital the other day when he was in there for chest pains.
- Our group totally ganked this guy.
- I hate it when corpse-campers gank me over and over again.