Thesaurus: gang

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1. v. i. To go; to walk.
2. v. i. A going; a course.
3. v. i. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
4. v. i. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
5. v. i. A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
6. v. i. The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
7. n. an association of criminals
8. n. an informal body of friends
9. n. an organized group of workmen
10. n. tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
11. v. act as an organized group