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stang.

A forked ritual staff.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstæŋ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈstæŋ]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈstaŋ/British, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈstaŋ/Midlands, Northern-England
  1. A forked ritual staff.

  2. A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

    archaic · obsolete
  3. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.

    historical · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).

verb/ˈstæŋ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈstæŋ]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈstaŋ/British, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈstaŋ/Midlands, Northern-England
  1. To shoot with pain, to sting.

    Scotland · intransitive
  2. To spear; to sting.

    Scotland · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English stangen, from Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).

verb/ˈstæŋ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈstæŋ]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈstaŋ/British, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈstaŋ/Midlands, Northern-England
  1. simple past of sting

    dialectal · form-of · past · rare
noun/ˈstæŋ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈstæŋ]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈstaŋ/British, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈstaŋ/Midlands, Northern-England
  1. Clipping of Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

    US · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · slang
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