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Meaning of "road gang" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROAD GANG

road gang  [rəʊd ɡæŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROAD GANG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Road gang is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROAD GANG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of road gang in the English dictionary

The definition of road gang in the dictionary is a group of labourers who repair roads.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROAD GANG


antigang
ˌæntɪˈɡæŋ
gang
ɡæŋ
gang-gang
ˈɡæŋˌɡæŋ
gangue
ɡæŋ
intergang
ˌɪntəˈɡæŋ
Lianyungang
ˈljænˈjʊŋˈɡæŋ
overgang
ˌəʊvəˈɡæŋ
oxgang
ˈɒksˌɡæŋ
press-gang
ˈprɛsˌɡæŋ
sirgang
ˈsɜːɡæŋ
upgang
ˈʌpˌɡæŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROAD GANG

road accident
road agent
road allowance
road atlas
road bike
road book
road bridge
road construction
road haulage
road haulier
road hog
road hump
road manager
road map
road metal
road movie
road pricing
road race
road racer
road racing

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROAD GANG

bang
big bang
chain gang
Chang
dang
fang
gangbang
hang
lang
mang
mustang
orang
press gang
rang
sang
shearing gang
tang
wang
with a bang
Yang

Synonyms and antonyms of road gang in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «road gang» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROAD GANG

Find out the translation of road gang to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of road gang from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «road gang» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公路团伙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pandillas carretera
570 millions of speakers

English

road gang
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सड़क गिरोह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عصابة الطريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дорога банда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quadrilha estrada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাস্তা গ্যাং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gang de rue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geng jalan raya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Straßenbande
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

道路ギャング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도로 갱
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gang gang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

băng đảng đường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாலை கும்பல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रस्ता कामगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yol çetesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

banda di strada
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gang drogowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дорога банда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gasca rutier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δρόμου συμμορία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pad bende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

väg gäng
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

veien gjengen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of road gang

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROAD GANG»

The term «road gang» is normally little used and occupies the 129.496 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROAD GANG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «road gang» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «road gang» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about road gang

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROAD GANG»

Discover the use of road gang in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to road gang and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Capone: The Man and the Era
Arriving in Cleveland, Dalitz quickly rose to the top echelon of the Mayfield Road gang, which, as everyone in town knew, maintained headquarters in suite 281 at the Hollenden Hotel. The reign of the Mayfield Road gang came to an abrupt ...
Laurence Bergreen, 1996
2
The Road: Improving Standards in English through Drama at ...
On the overpass the road gang are looking around, murmuring as they notice one of their number missing. Man Maybe. But you won't. It'll be through your skull and inside your brain before you can hear it. The Man steps closer and aims the ...
Cormac McCarthy, Joe Penhall, Paul Bunyan, 2013
3
Mr. Mob: The Life and Crimes of Moe Dalitz
FBI agents, groping their way through the underworld labyrinth without support from headquarters, dubbed Moe Dalitz the “Czar” of the all-Italian Mayfield Road Gang, but came closer to the truth in other classified reports. One memo sketched  ...
Michael Newton, 2009
4
Senate Journal of the State Legislature of Wyoming
Heenan, Harry; crime, robbery; sentence, 12 to 18 months; date of sentence, January 31, 1912; commuted to term of 7 to 18 months with good time; date of commutation, September 4, 1912; reasons, good work in road gang. Minimum ...
Wyoming. Legislature. Senate, 1913
5
Las Vegas Babylon
He movied onto bootlegging in Akron, Ohio, where he met Kleinman, Tucker, and Rothkopf, the first members of the Mayfield Road Gang. He later moved to Cleveland, "where he continued his bootlegging activities on a large scale and ...
Jeff Burbank, 2006
6
Convict discipline and transportation: Correspondence on the ...
Road Gang for Convicts under second sentence. Sentenced Gang until January, 1846; forming main line of road. 1 Superintendent Relinquished liefnre the road was completed, as directed by Sir Eardly Wilmot. 1 Storekeeper 2 Overseers 120  ...
Great Britain. Colonial Office, 1848
7
Messages and Documents
XIX. PRISONER' S EARNINGS—“PERSONAL ACCOUNT.” Personal earnings by prisoners employed in Foundry, on Public Road work and at State Institutions, for the twenty-one months ending September 30, 1912. Astoria Road Gang .
Oregon, 1912
8
The Road-maker, Excavator and Grader: A Monthly Journal ...
For earth road gang maintenance a 40- to 60hp. tractor, a Io-ft. blade grader, together with the necessary slips, fresnos, wheelers and other small tools. are provided by the county, and a competent man put in charge of the grading operations.
‎1920
9
Acts of Conscience: World War II, Mental Institutions, and ...
85 A Time magazine article on February 19, 1945, titled "The Tobacco Road Gang" described an open revolt against government authorities at the Germfask camp: "Selective Service officials were at their wit's end last week. The problem that ...
Steven J. Taylor, 2009
10
Criminal Law and Colonial Subject
... ticket) (convicts Hawkesbury (convicts Windsor Windsor Road Road gang) Road gang) Windsor Road Windsor Road 1826 1826 Thomas Watkkis Thomas Lynch William Bateman (Roofy HI gang) William Hathaway Bryan Smyth (road gang ...
Paula Jane Byrne, 2003

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROAD GANG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term road gang is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Speaker's Original Band of 11 Shrinks to Four
It also means that yet another member of the Polo Road Gang is gone. That gang of 11 Republicans, including Straus, met at state Rep. Byron Cook's Austin ... «Texas Tribune, Sep 13»

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