Que a categoria em Definição / Significado de spangENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 4
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Que a categoria em Definição / Significado de spangENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 1
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English - Etymology 1
From Middle English _spang_ (âa small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cupâ), likely from Middle Dutch _spange_ (âbuckle, claspâ) or Old English _spang_ (âbuckle, claspâ)
NOUN
SPANG (_plural_ SPANGS)
* (obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
* Spenser
With glittering SPANGS that did like stars appear.
VERB
SPANG (_third-person singular simple present_ SPANGS, _present participle_ SPANGING, _simple past and past participle_ SPANGED)
* To set with bright points: star or spangle.
* To hitch; fasten.
From Middle English spang (âa small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cupâ), likely from Middle Dutch spange (âbuckle, claspâ) or Old English spang (âbuckle, claspâ)
spang (plural spangs)
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(obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
spang (third-person
singular simple present spangs, present participle spanging, simple past and past participle spanged)
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To set with bright points: star or spangle.
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To hitch; fasten.
Que a categoria em Definição / Significado de spangENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 2
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English - Etymology 2
Onomatopoeia
VERB
SPANG (_third-person singular simple present_ SPANGS, _present participle_ SPANGING, _simple past and past participle_ SPANGED)
* (intransitive, of a flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report
* 1895, Stephen Crane, _The Red Badge of Courage_
Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and SPANGED into tree trunks.
* 1918, Zane Grey, _The U.P. Trail_
How clear, sweet, SPANGING the hammer blows!
ADVERB
SPANG (_not comparable_)
* (dated) Suddenly; slap, smack.
* 1936, Djuna Barnes, _Nightwood_, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
And I didn't stop until I found myself SPANG in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.
Onomatopoeia
spang (third-person
singular simple present spangs, present participle spanging, simple past and past participle spanged)
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(intransitive, of a
flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report
spang (not comparable)
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(dated) Suddenly; slap, smack.
Que a categoria em Definição / Significado de spangENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 3
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English - Etymology 3
Probably from _spring_ (verb) or _spank_ (verb)
VERB
SPANG (_third-person singular simple present_ SPANGS, _present participle_ SPANGING, _simple past and past participle_ SPANGED)
* (intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To leap; spring.
* Ramsay
But when they SPANG o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense.
* (transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.
NOUN
SPANG (_plural_ SPANGS)
* (Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.
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Probably from spring (verb) or spank (verb)
spang (third-person
singular simple present spangs, present participle spanging, simple past and past participle spanged)
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(intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland)
To leap; spring.
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(transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland)
To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.
spang (plural spangs)
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(Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.
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Que a categoria em Definição / Significado de spangENGLISH - REFERENCES
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English - References
* spang in _The Century Dictionary_, The Century Co., New York, 1911
* spang in _Websterâs Revised Unabridged Dictionary_, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Que a categoria em Definição / Significado de spangENGLISH - ANAGRAMS
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English - Anagrams
* pangs