English Dictionary

tang

/tæŋ/

noun

A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. / A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. / (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.

The tang of the lemonade was invigorating on a hot summer day.

意味（1）

A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.

The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.

意味（2）

A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.

Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.

Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.

意味（4）

A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.

意味（5）

The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.

意味（6）

(firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.

The rifle carried a vernier sight on the tang[…]

意味（7）

The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.

意味（8）

(zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.

意味（9）

(games) A shuffleboard paddle.

Coordinate term: biscuit

意味（10）

(obsolete) tongue

Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?

意味（11）

(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.