Fang

Quick meaning: Fang is a noun meaning A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

Meaning

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

More Meanings

1. A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
2. A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
3. (colloquial) Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
4. (mathematics) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
5. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
6. (obsolete) Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.
7. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.

Example Sentences

Destruction fang mankind.

chariots fang'd with scythes

Gentlemen, break not the head of the peace: it's to no purpose, for he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.

Batman changed gears and fanged the car a little too fast around a corner, almost skidding onto Elizabeth Street at the back of Redfern.

Word Forms

• fangs
• fanging
• fanged

Synonyms for fang

Depending on context, synonyms include booty, fangtooth, mandible, tooth, clasp, grasp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eyetooth, croc, tuan, fishing, fish, bang.

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