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What does gang mean?

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Verb
  1. To go; walk; proceed.
Noun
  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
  2. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  3. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
  4. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
  5. (US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
  6. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit, or a group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
  7. (US) A chain gang.
  8. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
  9. A set; all required for an outfit.
  10. (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
  11. (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
  12. (mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To band together as a group or gang.
  2. (transitive) to attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
Verb
  1. Eye dialect spelling of gan.
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