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spangs

US/ˈspæŋz/

spangs is the plural of spang.

spangs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spang.

Meaning of spang

Noun (1)

spang (plural spangs)

  1. (obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
    • With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 45

Noun (2)

spang (plural spangs)

  1. (Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.
    • Set roast-beef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it—[…]1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Rob Roy. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst...

Noun (3)

spang (plural spangs)

  1. (Scotland) A span.

See all 10 meanings of spang

Proper noun capitalized: Spangs

Spangs

  1. (plural) plural of Spang

Questions about spangs

What is spangs the plural of?
Spangs is the plural of spang.
What part of speech is spangs?
Spangs is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce spangs?
Spangs is pronounced /ˈspæŋz/ (US).

Words near spangs in the dictionary

  1. Spanglish
  2. spangly
  3. Spangold
  4. spangolite
  5. spangolites
  6. spangs
  7. Spaniard
  8. Spaniard's Bay
  9. Spaniardess
  10. Spaniardesses
  11. Spaniardization

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