Definitions for pang
pæŋpang

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. pang, stab, twingenoun

   a sudden sharp feeling

   "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

2. pang, stingnoun

   a mental pain or distress

   "a pang of conscience"

3. pangnoun

   a sharp spasm of pain

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pangnoun

   paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony;throe

2. pangnoun

   A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow

3. pangverb

   to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering

4. Etymology: From *, an altered form of prange, pronge

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PANGnoun

   Extreme pain; sudden paroxism of torment.

   Etymology: either from pain, or bang, Dutch, uneasy.

   Say, that some lady
   Hath for your love as great a pang of heart,
   As you have for Olivia. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   See how the pangs of death do make him grin! William Shakespeare.

   Suff’rance made
   Almost each pang a death. William Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.

   Earth trembl’d from her entrails, as again
   In pangs; and nature gave a second groan. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Juno pitying her disastrous fate,
   Sends Iris down, her pangs to mitigate. John Denham.

   My son advance
   Still in new impudence, new ignorance.
   Success let others teach, learn thou from me
   Pangs without birth, and fruitless industry. Dryden.

   I will give way
   To all the pangs and fury of despair. Addison.

   I saw the hoary traitor
   Grin in the pangs of death, and bite the ground. Addison.

   Ah! come not, write not, think not once of me,
   Nor share one pang of all I felt for thee. Alexander Pope.

2. To Pangverb

   To torment cruelly.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   If fortune divorce
   It from the bearer; ’tis a suff’rance panging,
   As soul and bodies parting. William Shakespeare.

   I grieve myself
   To think, when thou shalt be disedg’d by her,
   Whom now thou tir’st on, how thy memory
   Will then be pang’d by me. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PANG

   The French Navy is actively planning for a future aircraft carrier and new flagship. It is known in French as Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PA-NG) for 'new generation aircraft carrier'. Construction of the PANG is expected to begin around 2025 and it will enter service in 2038; the year the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is due to be retired. The ship will be nuclear-powered and feature the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) catapult system.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pang

   A pang is a sudden, sharp pain or a strong emotional feeling of sorrow, guilt or longing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pangnoun

   a paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death

2. Pangverb

   to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pang

   pang, v.t. (Scot.) to cram, stuff with food.

2. Pang

   pang, n. a violent but not long-continued pain: a sudden and bitter feeling of sorrow: a throe.—v.t. to cause a pang, to torture.—adj. Pang′less, free from pain. [A form of prong, prob. modified by confusion with Fr. poing, a fist—L. pugnus, the fist.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PANG

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pang is ranked #4645 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pang surname appeared 7,642 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Pang.
   
   86.9% or 6,646 total occurrences were Asian.
   6.2% or 476 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   3.9% or 300 total occurrences were White.
   2.3% or 183 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.4% or 37 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Pain

How to pronounce pang?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say pang in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pang in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pang in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of pang in a Sentence

1. Dani Madrid-Morales:

   StarTimes was the only company competing, then [ Pang ] was able to provide evidence that The StarTimes in AfricaStarTimes had experience in African countries and offer very low prices.

2. John Oliver Hobbes:

   Men are not so weak as you think. They can always leave anybody or any place without a pang - if they find another person or another place they like better. If they feel pricks and scruples it is merely because they cannot make up their mind that the change will be absolutely to their advantage.

3. Colley Cibber:

   We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

4. Aaron Whitnall:

   This cub has become a symbol of hope, after the tragic passing of Nam Pang, for his memory and legacy to live on, is more than we ever expected.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pang
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pang
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pang
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pang
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pang
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pang
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html