nang

• Rhymes: -æŋ

nang (plural nangs)

1. (Australia, slang) A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.
   • 1996 March 5, Justin O'Brien, “how long before you peak on acid?”, alt.drugs, Usenet

     I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music

   • 1998 October 18, “noise” from hello.net.au and start.net.au, “H ?”, alt.drugs.hard, Usenet

     "helicopters" these days refers to those silly hats with propellers on top, which come with a free ounce of smack at any local K-mart. Y'know, next to the nangs (or bulbs - nitrous oxide for whipped cream).

• 1994 February 10, Paul Hermsen, “Australian Aborigines, altered states and psychedelics”, alt.pagan, Usenet

  The circular roaring of the bullroarer simulated the rhythmic "nang-nang" effect of nitrous.

Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”).

nang (comparative more nang, superlative most nang)

1. (Britain, slang, chiefly MLE) excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.

   That was well nang!

   • 2016 December 9, Boult, Adam, quoting Quashie, Elijah, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph‎:

     The wings were seriously a peng ting. The chips were nang. Burger was sick – the assembly was on point. The fillet was a serious ting – the thickness was there. Bossman did well.

• fabulous, splendid; See also Thesaurus:excellent

• Gann, Ngan

nang

1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)

nang

1. heaven

nang

1. Nonstandard spelling of nāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of náng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of nàng.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• Rhymes: -aŋ

nang

1. when
2. that, who, which

• (when): kapag, kailan
• (that, who, which): na

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [naːŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 囊.

nang

1. follicle

(classifier cây) nang

1. (archaic) areca

   Synonym: cau

nang

1. to know