Usually means: Connected or grouped together for operation.
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  1. ganged: Merriam-Webster
  2. ganged: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ganged: Vocabulary.com
  4. ganged: Wordnik
  5. ganged: Wiktionary
  6. Ganged, ganged: Dictionary.com
  7. ganged: FreeDictionary.org
  8. ganged: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ganged: Legal dictionary

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  1. ganged: Encyclopedia

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  1. ganged: Idioms

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  1. ganged: Electronics

(Note: See gang as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gang)

verb:  (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
noun:  A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
noun:  A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
noun:  A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
noun:  A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
noun:  A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
noun:  (US) A chain gang.
noun:  A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
noun:  A set; all required for an outfit.
noun:  (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
noun:  (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
noun:  (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
noun:  (African-American Vernacular, used in the vocative) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
verb:  (transitive) To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
verb:  Synonym of gangbang
verb:  Pronunciation spelling of gan. [(Northumbria) To go.]
noun:  (mining) Alternative form of gangue [(mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.]
▸ Also see gang


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