tang1
n.
- a strong taste, flavour, or smell.
- the projection on the blade of a knife or other tool by which the blade is held firmly in the handle.
Etymology
ME (denoting a snake's tongue or the sting of an insect): from ON tangi ‘point, tang of a knife’.
tang2
v.
make a loud ringing or clanging sound.
Etymology
C16: imitative.
tang3
n.
a surgeonfish which occurs around reefs and rocks.
[Genus
Acanthurus: several species.]
Etymology
C18: from tang1.
