- the long pointed hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake through which venom is injected
- any large pointed tooth, esp the canine or carnassial tooth of a carnivorous mammal
- the root of a tooth
- (usually plural) Brit informal tooth
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
fang1 /fæŋ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Zoologyone of the long sharp teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- Anatomy, Dentistrya long sharp projecting tooth, esp. a canine tooth.
fang1
(fang),USA pronunciation n.
fanged
(fangd),USA pronunciation adj.
fang′less, adj.
fang′like′, adj.
fang2 (fang),USA pronunciation v.t. [Brit. Dial.]
Fang (fang, fäng, fän),USA pronunciation n., pl. Fangs, (esp. collectively) Fang for 1.
- one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- a canine tooth.
- a tooth resembling a dog's.
- the root of a tooth.
- one of the chelicerae of a spider.
- a pointed, tapering part of a thing.
- [Mach.]the tang of a tool.
- cognate with German Fang capture, booty, Old Norse fang a grasp, hold. See fang2 bef. 1050; Middle English, Old English: something caught
fang′like′, adj.
fang2 (fang),USA pronunciation v.t. [Brit. Dial.]
- British Termsto seize;
grab.
- bef. 900; Middle English fangen to seize, catch; cognate with Old Saxon fangan, German fangen, variant of proto-Gmc *fanhan-, whence Old English fōn, cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fāhan, Old Norse fā; akin to Old English gefangian to fasten
Fang (fang, fäng, fän),USA pronunciation n., pl. Fangs, (esp. collectively) Fang for 1.
- Anthropology, Language VarietiesAlso called Pahouin, Pangwe. a member of an indigenous people of Gabon, Cameroon, and adjacent areas.
- Language Varietiesthe Bantu language spoken by this people.
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fang /fæŋ/ n
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