Past tense of gang
regular verb
The past tense of gang is ganged. The past participle is also ganged.
Forms of gang
| Base form (V1) | gang /ˈɡæŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ganged |
| Past participle (V3) | ganged |
| Present participle | ganging /ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | gangs |
Ganged in a sentence
- The chairs are usually ganged together using a variety of ganging or locking mechanisms to create rows and prevent the chairs from moving out of position.2011, Corky Binggeli, Interior Graphic Standards: Student Edition, →ISBN, page 317
- “I don't know if you know the meaning of the word ‘agley’, Kipper, but that, to put it in a nutshell, is the way things have ganged.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XII AND XV”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry agley
Meaning of gang
- verb To go; walk; proceed.
- noun A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
- noun A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
Questions about the past tense of gang
- What is the past tense of gang?
- The past tense of gang is ganged.
- What is the past participle of gang?
- The past participle of gang is ganged.
- Is gang a regular or irregular verb?
- Gang is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gang (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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