stang

Meanings

Noun

• A forked ritual staff.
• A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
• In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
• Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

Verb

• To shoot with pain, to sting.
• To spear; to sting.
• Past of sting

Origin

• From Middle English stange, partly from Old Norse stǫng; partly from Old English stæng, steng, stenge; both from Proto-Germanic *stangō, *stangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ-.
• From Old Norse stanga ("prick, goad").