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you rang

you rang interjection: asks what the summoner desires.

Interjection

  1. Asks what the summoner desires.

Origin of you rang

A servant's response to a bell being rung as a summons. Originated with Maynard G. Krebs in the television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; then popularized by the character Lurch in the American TV series The Addams Family.

Questions about you rang

What does you rang mean?
You rang means asks what the summoner desires.
What part of speech is you rang?
You rang is an interjection.

Words near you rang in the dictionary

  1. you pays your nickel and you takes your chances
  2. you pays your nickel and you takes your choice
  3. you people
  4. you problem
  5. you problems
  6. you rang
  7. you said a mouthful
  8. you said it
  9. you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
  10. you see
  11. you should talk

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