thang

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈθæŋ/
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/ˈθæŋ/ · [ˈθæŋ] · /ˈθeɪ̯ŋ/ · [ˈθeɪ̯ŋ] · /ˈθɛ̃ŋ/ · [ˈθɛ̃ŋ]

Definition of thang

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang)Pronunciation spelling of thing, usually used to denote a known fad or popular activity.
    “It's cool, girl, it ain't no thang.”
    “Do your own thang.”
    “Ooh baby, sweet thang”
    “I loved playing ball for Syracuse. Couldn't get enough of doing my thang on that court and showing motherfuckers all my skills.”
    “[Dee:] What's one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time? [Haliey Welch:] Oh, you gotta give him that hawk tuah and spit on that thang, you get me?”
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noun

  1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang)Pronunciation spelling of thing, usually used to denote a known fad or popular activity.
    “It's cool, girl, it ain't no thang.”
    “Do your own thang.”
    “Ooh baby, sweet thang”
    “I loved playing ball for Syracuse. Couldn't get enough of doing my thang on that court and showing motherfuckers all my skills.”
    “[Dee:] What's one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time? [Haliey Welch:] Oh, you gotta give him that hawk tuah and spit on that thang, you get me?”
  2. (slang)the buttocks.

name

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Thangjam surname of Meitei origin
  2. A surname.

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Etymology

An altered spelling of thing, representing pronunciation in the southern United States (see thank–think merger); compare everytang. Also see archaic variants for "thing" like Middle English theing.

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