gang

Definition

  • noun: a group of criminals
  • noun: a set of articles
  • verb: to assemble or operate simultaneously as a group
  • synonyms: go, outfit, walk

Examples

  • He was 'press-ganged into' the navy. [=he was forced by a press gang to join the navy]

  • His classmates 'ganged up on' him and beat him up pretty badly.

  • He was 'press-ganged into' working throughout the holiday.

Movie quotes

  • (..) A mammoth. Mammoth never travels alone. This one does. And I'm leading him to half peak. Look at all that meat. Let's get him ! Not yet! We need the whole gang to bring this mammoth down. Get everyone ready. Now! Where is the baby? You lost it? Sid! It's so ugly. But it's adorable. Hello, pumpkin. Where did you find it? The poor kid all alone in the wild. Sabers gang nailed on it. So I just snatch it. So brave. Well , he needed me and I only wish I have with my home. Really? I never attracted to a male. (..)
    2002 Ice Age