tang /ˈtæŋ/noun 14verb 2forms 3 noun14 •A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath. — 1904 •A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.Wine or cider has a tang of the cask. •(figurative) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. — 1655 •A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part. •The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.A full-tang knife is strongest against handle breakage, but partial-tang knives are common because of a combination of facts: they are inexpensive, and in some applications any manner of use that would exceed the handle's limit is not an appropriate manner of use. •The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. •The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.The rifle carried a vernier sight on the tang[…] — 1985 •Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma. •(vulgar) The vagina or vulva.The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are […] — 2002 •(vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman •A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. •Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle. •A shuffleboard paddle. •(rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed) verb2 •To make a ringing sound; to ring.let thy tongue tang arguments of state — 1601 •(old-fashioned) 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. formstanged · tanging · tangs
