stang
/ˈstæŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past of sting
noun
Clipping of Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
American usage; Slang
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power[…]"
- "In more common (and private) Wiccan circles, the stang is replaced by the athame (black handled knife) and the cauldron replaced with the chalice but its^([sic]) pretty much /whatever works for you/."
- "These stangs can be used as natural altars in outdoor rituals or simply as walking staffs."
- "Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared."
- "These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: stang, stǫng, *stangiz, *stengʰ-, stangen, stanga
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstæŋ/
- British English: /ˈstæŋ/