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flange.

An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈflænd͡ʒ/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfleə̯nd͡ʒ//ˈflɛə̯nd͡ʒ/

  1. An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.

  2. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.

  3. An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.

  4. The vulva.

    slang · vulgar

  5. A group of baboons.

    collective · humorous · rare

  6. The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.

Where this word comes from

From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.

verb/ˈflænd͡ʒ/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfleə̯nd͡ʒ//ˈflɛə̯nd͡ʒ/

  1. To be bent into a flange.

    intransitive

  2. To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange.

    transitive

  3. To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.

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