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spang
/ˈspæŋ/
verb 5noun 3adv 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
o'er
VERB + SPANG
found
SPANG + NOUN
middle, reason's
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare.
verb
1
To set with bright points: star or spangle.
2
To hitch; fasten.
verb
1
Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report.
Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks.
How clear, sweet, spanging the hammer blows!
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Synonyms
verb — leap, jerk, bang
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare.
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Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks.
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How clear, sweet, spanging the hammer blows!
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And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.
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a. 1758, Allan Ramsay, epistle to Robert Yarde But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense.
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Set roast-beef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it—[…]
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