mang

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/ˈmæŋ/[ˈmæŋ]Canada, US/ˈmeɪ̯ŋ/Canada, US[ˈmeɪ̯ŋ]

preposition

Amid, amongst, among.

“It's all manged up together.”

OriginMiddle English mang ← Old English on ġemang →
Less commonScrabble 7
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Meanings

mang1

noun
  1. alternativenonstandardAlternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)

    "Chit, mang, you putos are a bunch of racists." Omar's classic Spanglish comeback made everyone break out in raucous laughter.

    2014 April 11, Gary Smith, Hero Road, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 46

mang2

preposition
  1. DevonAmid, amongst, among.

mang3

verbmang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)

present singular third person mangs · participle present manging · participle past manged · past manged

  1. DevonTo mix.

    It's all manged up together.

    1 more example

    Hagegy Bess; wi' zich, I reckon, Ha now delight'h vor mang.

    1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell, page 25

mang4

verbmang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)

present singular third person mangs · participle present manging · participle past manged · past manged

  1. ambitransitivedatedrareslangTo beg; to beg for money.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

mang · noun

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.

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mang · preposition

  1. Old Englishon ġemang
  2. Middle Englishmang
  3. Englishmang

From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.

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mang · verb

  1. Old Englishmængan
  2. Middle Englishmangen
  3. Englishmang

From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.

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mang · verb

  1. Romanimangel“to want, beg”
  2. Angloromanimong“to beg”
  3. Englishmang

Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mangel (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mang

ganglangwangmustangyangchangsangANGslangrangkangdangstangfangsprangpangthangPyongyangnangLaingShenyangHoangmeringueclang
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Sounds the same

MAANGMAANGMAANGMAANG

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

mang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mang

MLA

“mang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mang.

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