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pang

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Noun

  1. A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
  2. A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.

Verb

  1. To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
  2. simple past of ping

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Chinese.
  2. A surname from Khmer.
  3. A minor river in Berkshire, England, which flows into the Thames at Pangbourne.

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