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ongang

The English word “ongang” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.
  2. Rowdy or unrestrained behaviour; antics.

Etymology

From Middle English *ongang, *ongong, from Old English ongang (“entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship”), equivalent to on- + gang.

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