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[taŋ], (Noun)
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- a strong taste, flavour, or smell
(e.g: the clean salty tang of the sea)
- the projection on the blade of a tool such as a knife, by which the blade is held firmly in the handle
(e.g: a full tang is used for strength)
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Middle English (denoting a snake's tongue, formerly believed to be a stinging organ; also denoting the sting of an insect): from Old Norse tangi ‘point, tang of a knife’
[taŋ], (Verb)
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- make a loud ringing or clanging sound
(e.g: the bronze bell tangs)
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mid 16th century: imitative
[taŋ], (Noun)
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- a tanging sound
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mid 16th century: imitative
[taŋ], (Noun)
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- a surgeonfish which occurs around reefs and rocky areas, where it browses on algae
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mid 18th century: from tang
[taŋ], (Noun)
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- a dynasty ruling China 618–c.906, a period noted for territorial conquest and great wealth and regarded as the golden age of Chinese poetry and art
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