stang

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see also: Stang

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Pronunciation

• enPR: stăng, IPA: /stæŋ/

Noun

stang (plural stangs)

1. (archaic or obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
   • 1962, Vladimir Nabakov, Pale Fire

     Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.

2. (archaic or obsolete) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
   • 1880, Jonathan Swift, ''Gulliver's Travels into several Remote Nations of the World - Part I, Chapter II (Page 15)

     These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")

Verb

stang (stangs, present participle stanging; past and past participle stanged)

1. (intransitive, Scotland) To shoot with pain, to sting.
2. (transitive, Scotland) To spear; to sting.

Verb

1. (dialect, rare) simple past tense of sting

Noun

stang (plural stangs)

1. (slang, US) Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

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Stang

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Proper noun

1. Surname
2. (US, slang, automotive) Ford Mustang

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