Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Precisely; squarely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To leap; spring.
- To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.
- noun A spring; a leaping or springing up; a violent blow or movement.
- noun A span.
- To set with bright points: star or spangle.
- noun A shining ornament or object; a spangle.
- To hitch; fasten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A bound or spring.
- noun obsolete A spangle or shining ornament.
- transitive verb obsolete To spangle.
- intransitive verb Scot. To spring; to bound; to leap.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland To
leap ;spring . - verb transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland To cause to
spring ; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence. - verb intransitive, of a flying object such as a bullet To strike or ricochet with a loud report
- adverb dated
Suddenly ;slap ,smack . - noun Scotland A
span . - noun obsolete A shiny
ornament or object; aspangle - verb To set with bright points: star or spangle.
- verb To
hitch ;fasten .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb leap, jerk, bang
Etymologies
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Examples
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Englishman will mak a spang at it --- But I wash my hands o't
Rob Roy 1887
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The boy's ears were assailed by the sharp "spang" and "crack" of long-barreled antiaircraft guns and the "whomp" and the
The HurricaneStory Gallico, Paul 1959
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This time, as twice before, the broad round boom of a smooth-bore, so different from the short sharp "spang" of a rifle.
The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850
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Englishman will mak a spang at it — But I wash my hands o’t — Follow me sir” (to Andrew), “and I’se show ye where to pit the beasts.”
Rob Roy 2005
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Set roasted beef and pudding on the opposite side o 'the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it -- But I wash my hands o't -- Follow me sir "(to Andrew)," and I'se show ye where to pit the beasts. "
Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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Set roasted beef and pudding on the opposite side o 'the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it -- But I wash my hands o't -- Follow me sir "(to Andrew)," and I'se show ye where to pit the beasts. "
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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One could almost judge the strength of the opposing forces as the Jerries were using mostly spandaus, the peculiar spang of which is unmistakable.
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Except during yogic nonconceptual cognition of nondenumerable voidness when the process of ridding ourselves forever (spang-ba, abandoning) unawareness begins, unawareness (ma-rig-pa, ignorance) accompanies all moments of conceptual and nonconceptual cognition.
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And spang it: half the people go, what's he talking about?
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The spiteful spang of atomite sent Bert and Daniels to the window.
"The Barrier" by Harl Vincent, part 5 Johnny Pez 2009
mollusque commented on the word spang
Completely, squarely.
June 26, 2008