gangway
noun
- ship element; nautical term
interjection
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋweɪ/
intj
Etymology: From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).
- Make way! Clear a path!
“And he pushed his way through the crowd crying, "Gangway, gangway!" and dragging Jane and Michael after him.”
“Lemme at 'im! Lemme at 'im! I'll get 'im, Babbitt! Gangway, I'll moidalize him!”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).
- A passageway through which to enter or leave.
“The new fleet of trains comes with widened gangways and improved seating.”
- A passageway through which to enter or leave.
- A passageway through which to enter or leave.
“Morris then allegedly tried to flee into a gangway between the bar and another building, closing a gate on an officer as he did”
- An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
“We came over on the usual mid-morning service from Victoria and this time, as we came down the gangway of the Invicta, the Shedmaster at Calais, M. Leclerc, and Henri Dutertre were waiting for us.”
“Like a lot of my fellow passengers — indie-rock fans who had signed up for a three-day voyage full of bands and beverages — I’d never been on a cruise before. So I don’t know whether most of them begin with a staff member high-fiving each and every person who comes off the gangway.”
- A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
- A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded; (also in later use) a jet bridge.
- A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
- A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
- An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).
- To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
“He gangwayed his way through the crowd, and just as the clock struck midnight, he was standing in front of NBC's camera on national TV as the governor-elect of Minnesota and the first Reform Party candidate ever to be elected to high office.”
“They're conducting phone conversations without speaking into the wrong end of their mobiles, or gangwaying to the Gents without tripping over, or turning the pages of a newspaper without blacking adjacent eyes.”