Definitions

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  • noun A start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.
  • noun Rowdy or unrestrained behaviour; antics.

Etymologies

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From Middle English *ongang, *ongong, from Old English ongang ("entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship"), equivalent to on- +‎ gang.

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Examples

  • "Weel, mem, jist ye put on yer black silk again the morn's nicht, an 'come ower aboot aucht o'clock; an' ye'll be able to jeedge by her ongang whan ye're no i 'the hoose, gien there be onything amiss wi' Jean.

    Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

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