fang

1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.rare

1. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize.Examples: "Gentlemen, break not the head of the peace: it's to no purpose, for he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged."; "Destruction fang mankind."Synonyms: clasp, grasp, grip, clutch, lay hold of, beclasp, begrasp, begriparchaicdialectaltransitive

2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.Synonyms: land, lay hands on, score, acquire, accept, attain, come by, copdialectalobsoletetransitive

3. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality.Synonyms: greet, welcomeobsoletetransitive

4. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.Synonyms: cop, get, acquire, accept, attain, come by, cop, enlistobsoletetransitive

5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.dialectaltransitive

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.Scotlanddialectal

2. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.

3. (mining, rare, in the plural) Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.Synonyms: cage-shutsin-pluralrare

4. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.

5. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.

1. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.Scotlandtransitive

1. (Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.Examples: "Soph was probably out drag-racing with Draz, or fanging down some brightly lit street somewhere hanging out Draz's brother's sunroof and waving at passers-by and screaming."; "The question of whether rail might be a better long-term option than road is passed over with the speed of a merchant banker fanging up the toll road to Mount Buller for the weekend[…]"; "Batman changed gears and fanged the car a little too fast around a corner, almost skidding onto Elizabeth Street at the back of Redfern."Australiaintransitiveslangtransitive