• Spang

    Origin 1

    From Middle English spang ("a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup"), likely from Middle Dutch spange ("buckle, clasp") or Old English spang ("buckle, clasp")

    Full definition of spang

    Noun

    spang

    (plural spangs)
    1. (obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
      • SpenserWith glittering spangs that did like stars appear.

    Verb

    1. To set with bright points: star or spangle.
    2. To hitch; fasten.

    Origin 2

    Onomatopoeia

    Verb

    1. (intransitive, of a flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report

    Adverb

    spang

    1. (dated) Suddenly; slap, smack.
      • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.

    Origin 3

    Probably from spring verb or spank verb

    Verb

    1. (intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To leap; spring.
      • RamsayBut when they spang o'er reason's fence,
        We smart for't at our own expense.
    2. (transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.

    Noun

    spang

    (plural spangs)
    1. (Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.

    Origin 4

    See span

    Noun

    spang

    (plural spangs)
    1. (Scotland) A span.

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