Sekirov Dictionary

spang

/ˈspæŋ/

verb 5
adverb 1
noun 3
forms 3

verb5

•
Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report.
- Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks. — 1895
•
(dialect, UK) To leap; spring.
- But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense. — 1758
(dialect, UK) To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.
To set with bright points: star or spangle.
To hitch; fasten.

adverb1

•
(old-fashioned) Suddenly; slap, smack.
- And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack. — 1936

noun3

•
(Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.
- Set roast-beef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it—[…] — 1817
(Scotland) A span.
•
(no longer used) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
- With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare. — 1596

forms

spanged · spanging · spangs

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