spang

noun

1. (obsolete)A shiny ornament or object; a spangle

   “With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare.”

2. (Scotland)A bound or spring; a leap.

   “Set roast-beef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it—[…]”

3. (Scotland)A span.

verb

1. To set with bright points: star or spangle.
2. To hitch; fasten.
3. (intransitive)Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report.

   “Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks.”

   “How clear, sweet, spanging the hammer blows!”

4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)To leap; spring.

   “a. 1758, Allan Ramsay, epistle to Robert Yarde But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense.”

5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.

adv

1. (dated, not-comparable)Suddenly; slap, smack.

   “And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.”

name

1. A surname.