noun the tongue of a buckle.
2. tang ·noun a coarse blackish seaweed (fuscus nodosus).
3. tang ·noun a sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
4. tang ·vi to make a ringing sound; to ring.
5. tang ·noun the part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
6. tang ·noun fig.: a sharp, specific flavor or tinge. ·cf. tang a twang.
7. tang ·vt to cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
8. tang ·noun the part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
9. tang ·noun the projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
10. tang ·noun a strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
11. tang ·noun a projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
12. tang ·add. ·noun a dynasty in chinese history, from ·a.d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the imperial academy (the hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature.