spang
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Is spang a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangleExamples: "With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report.Examples: "Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks."; "How clear, sweet, spanging the hammer blows!"intransitive
adv (English)
1. (dated) Suddenly; slap, smack.Examples: "And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack."datednot-comparable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To leap; spring.Examples: "a. 1758, Allan Ramsay, epistle to Robert Yarde But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense."ScotlandUKdialectalintransitive
2. (transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.ScotlandUKdialectaltransitive
noun (English)
1. (Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.Examples: "Set roast-beef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it—[…]"Scotland
noun (English)
1. (Scotland) A span.Scotland
Definition source: Wiktionary