fang🔊

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

(obsolete) (mandible){{ngd|, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.}}

A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.

A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.

(colloquial) (tooth){{ngd|, particularly in humans.}}

(math) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.

(rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.

To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

(catch) (archaic) To catch, capture; seize. +

(obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept. +

(as a guest) To receive with hospitality. +

(a thing given or imposed) To receive. +

(dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

(Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.

(Scotland) That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.

Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly

(obsolete) (trap) ''or'' (noose).

(root){{ngd|, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.}}

(obsolete) (root){{ngd|, a major projection of a plant's root system.}}

(obsolete) (claw) ''or'' (talon).

(spike) ''or'' (prong){{ngd|, any sharp projection.}}

(tang){{ngd|, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.}}

(archaic) (vang){{ngd|, a line extended from the end of a gaff to control its position.}}

(nautical) The valve of a pump-box.

(dialect) A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.

(in the plural) Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off. +

To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.