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flange

noun

  1. external or internal ridge, or rim which provides strength
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Pronunciation: /ˈflænd͡ʒ/ / /ˈfleə̯nd͡ʒ/ / /ˈflɛə̯nd͡ʒ/

noun

Etymology: From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.

  1. An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
  2. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
  3. An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.

    “[The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line.”

    “2007, "balor", Changing the metaphysics on Rule 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20071014193135/http://forums.rule7.co.uk/Topic28357-44-2.aspx 'Oh look, the amulet of flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'”

  4. The vulva.

    “I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her.”

    “'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.”

  5. A group of baboons.

    “it's a flange of baboons”

    “I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house.”

  6. The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.

verb

Etymology: From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.

  1. To be bent into a flange.
  2. To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange.
  3. To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time.