Tang

Noun

 * 1)  tongue
 * 2) A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor
 * 3) 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
 * 4)  A sharp, specific flavor or tinge
 * 5) 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
 * 6) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle
 * 7) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock
 * 8) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened
 * 9) The tongue of a buckle
 * 10) A group of saltwater fish from the Zebrasoma  genus, also known as the surgeon fish

Synonyms

 * bite
 * piquancy
 * spiciness

Antonyms

 * blandness
 * dullness

Derived terms

 * tangy
 * clown tang
 * purple tang
 * Red Sea sailfin tang


 * sohal tang
 * spotted unicorn tang
 * yellow tang

Noun

 * 1) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang

Verb

 * 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.

Noun

 * 1)  A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus)

Noun

 * 1)  The vagina; intercourse with a woman

Thesaurus
aftertaste, aroma, attribute, badge, beesting, bite, bitter, brand, briskness, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, configuration, cut, dab, dart, differentia, differential, distinctive feature, earmark, edge, fang, feature, figure, flavor, ginger, gust, guts, hallmark, hint, hotness, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impress, impression, index, individualism, keynote, kick, lineaments, liveliness, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, nature, nip, nippiness, odor, palate, particularity, peculiarity, pepperiness, pin, piquancy, poignancy, projection, prong, property, punch, pungency, quality, quirk, raciness, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, seal, shank, shape, sharpness, singularity, smack, smattering, smell, snakebite, snap, snappiness, soupcon, sour, specialty, spice, spiciness, spike, stamp, sting, stinger, stomach, strip, suggestion, sweet, tab, taint, tanginess, taste, tine, tinge, token, tongue, tooth, touch, trace, trait, trick, twang, zest, zestfulness, zip