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gangings

gangings is the plural of ganging.

Meaning of ganging

Noun (1)

ganging (plural gangings)

  1. A leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing.
    • The object of the snood swivels, in which the gangings are so easily adjustable, is to save time in removing the fish and in baiting the hooks.1887, George Brown Goode, The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States

Noun (2)

ganging (uncountable)

  1. The formation of a gang or clique.
    • Some never-atrophying instinct warned him of danger, of gangings up against him--he was never so dangerous himself as when others considered him surrounded.1934, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night

Questions about gangings

What is gangings the plural of?
Gangings is the plural of ganging.

Words near gangings in the dictionary

  1. Gangetic
  2. Gangi
  3. ganging
  4. ganging up
  5. ganging up on
  6. gangings
  7. gangion
  8. gangions
  9. Gangis
  10. gangish
  11. gangism

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