ongang

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noun

A start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.

OriginMiddle English *ongang ← Old English ongang →
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Meanings

noun
  1. UKdialectalobsoleteA start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.
  2. UKdialectalobsoleteRowdy or unrestrained behaviour; antics.

Origin

  1. Old Englishongang“entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship”
  2. Middle English*ongang
  3. Englishongang

From Middle English *ongang, *ongong, from Old English ongang (“entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship”), equivalent to on- + gang.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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