Definizione monolingua

tang

tang (third-person singular simple present tangs, present participle tanging, simple past and past participle tanged)

1. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.^[1][2]

tang (plural tangs)

1. (obsolete) tongue
   • 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V,

     Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?

2. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor
   • 1904, O. Henry, ""The Missing Chord""

     The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.

3. 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
4. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge
   • 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, ""At Sunset Time""

     What, was it I who bared my heart / Through unrelenting years, / And knew the sting of miserys dart, / The tang of sorrows tears?

5. 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
6. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle
7. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock
8. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened
9. The tongue of a buckle
10. A group of saltwater fish from the Zebrasoma genus, also known as the surgeon fish

Definizione dizionario tang

	codolo
	part of blade insterted into handle

aculeo

incappellaggio

punta

traccia

Altri significati:

A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang

The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle

A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor

(dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.

(vulgar slang) The vagina; intercourse with a woman

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

The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened

(figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge

(obsolete) tongue

A group of saltwater fish from the Zebrasoma genus, also known as the surgeon fish

The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock

(rare) A coarse blackish seaweed ( '''Fuscus nodosus''' )

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

The tongue of a buckle