flange
/ˈflænd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.92 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
noun
An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
noun
The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
Example Sentences
- "[The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line."
- "2007, "balor", Changing the metaphysics on Rule 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20071014193135/http://forums.rule7.co.uk/Topic28357-44-2.aspx 'Oh look, the amulet of flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'"
- "I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her."
- "'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring."
- "it's a flange of baboons"
- "I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house."
Etymology
From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: flanche, *hlanku
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflænd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈflænd͡ʒ/