gan

verb, noun — 2 senses

gan

verbalso spelled GaN

UK /ɡæn/ · UK, SC, WA /ɡan/

Etymology Probably a variant of gang, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to step; walk; go”).

  • The one problem I had here was my broad Geordie accent which the teachers tried their hardest to make me lose. I couldn't understand their problem with it because I could understand myself. Whenever I told them, "Am gannin yem", they would say, "No, Christopher. It's not "am gannin yem", it's "I am going home".2011, Chris Dockerty, Ramblings of a Geordie:

GaN

noun

/ɡæn/

1

gallium nitride.

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