tang

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
2. 2
   A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
3. 3
   A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
4. 4
   A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
5. 5
   A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part: The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
6. 6
   The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle: The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
7. 7
   A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part: The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
8. 8
   A shuffleboard paddle.
9. 9
   Obsolete form of tongue.
10. 10
    Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
11. 11
    A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
12. 12
    knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
13. 13
    The vagina or vulva.
14. 14
    Sexual intercourse with a woman
15. 15
    Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.

Verb

1. 1
   To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
2. 2
   To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Proper noun

1. 1
   The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
2. 2
   The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
3. 3
   A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
4. 4
   Any of a number of places in China.
5. 5
   Any of a number of places in China: A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
6. 6
   A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
7. 7
   A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
8. 8
   A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
9. 9
   A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
10. 10
    A Chinese surname from Teochew.
11. 11
    A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
12. 12
    Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.