tangs
noun
- 1
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- 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.”
- 3
A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- 4
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
- 5
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
- 6
The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- 7
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- 8
A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus.
- 9
(games) A shuffleboard paddle.
- 10
Tongue
- 11
(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
noun
- 1
Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
noun
- 1
The vagina.
- 2
Intercourse with a woman
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