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Meaning Of Tang

  1. n.
    A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
  2. n.
    A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
  3. n.
    Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
  4. n.
    A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
  5. n.
    The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
  6. n.
    The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
  7. n.
    The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
  8. n.
    The tongue of a buckle.
  9. n.
    A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
  10. v. t.
    To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
  11. v. i.
    To make a ringing sound; to ring.



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