ongang

noun — 2 senses

ongang

noun

Etymology From Middle English *ongang, *ongong, from Old English ongang (“entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship”), equivalent to on- + gang.

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete A start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion.

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete Rowdy or unrestrained behaviour; antics.

Related terms: goings on

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.