TANG

Tang

A tang or shank is the back portion of a tool where it extends into stock material or is connected to a handle as on a knife, sword, spear, arrowhead, chisel, screwdriver, etc. Various tang designs are usually described by their appearance or the manner in which they are affixed to a handle and their length in reference to the handle.

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tang

Noun

  1. tongue
  2. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor
  3. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
    Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
  4. A sharp, specific flavor or tinge
  5. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position
  6. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle
  7. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock
  8. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened
  9. The tongue of a buckle
  10. A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus, also known as the surgeonfish.

Noun (etymology 2)

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

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus)

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. The vagina; intercourse with a woman

Verb

  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.
    Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. — Shakespeare.


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