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ongang

ongang noun: a start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.

Noun

ongang

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Rowdy or unrestrained behaviour; antics.

Origin of ongang

From Middle English *ongang, *ongong, from Old English ongang (“entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship”), equivalent to on- + gang.

Questions about ongang

What does ongang mean?
Ongang means a start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.
What part of speech is ongang?
Ongang is a noun.

Words near ongang in the dictionary

  1. onforwards
  2. ong
  3. Ong Yiu
  4. onga-onga
  5. Ongan
  6. ongang
  7. ongaonga
  8. Ongar
  9. Onge
  10. Ongee
  11. ongezellig

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