ongang
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See also: ōŋaŋ
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *ongang, *ongong, from Old English ongang (“entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship”), equivalent to on- + gang.
Noun[edit]
ongang
- (UK dialectal, obsolete) A start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.
- (UK dialectal, obsolete) Rowdy or unrestrained behaviour; antics.
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