"flang" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flangs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flang (plural flangs)
  1. A miner's double-edged pick.
    Sense id: en-flang-en-noun-NiS2b92D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /flæŋ/
Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: Probably formed by analogy with sing/sang. Compare Scots flang (“flung”). Etymology templates: {{cog|sco|flang||flung}} Scots flang (“flung”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flang
  1. (colloquial or dialectal, nonstandard) simple past of fling Tags: colloquial, dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, past Form of: fling Related terms: flung
    Sense id: en-flang-en-verb-48QWjpZD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for flang meaning in English (1.4kB)

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