Definition: spang

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

spang
     v : leap. jerk, bang (dialectal); "Bullets spanged into the
         trees" [syn: bang]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Spang \Spang\, v. t.
   To spangle. [Obs.]
Spang \Spang\, v. i.
   To spring; to bound; to leap. [Scot.]

         But when they spang o'er reason's fence, We smart for't
         at our own expense.                      --Ramsay.
Spang \Spang\, n.
   A bound or spring. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
Spang \Spang\, n. [AS. spange a clasp or fastening; akin to D.
   spang, G. spange, OHG. spanga, Icel. sp["o]ng a spangle.]
   A spangle or shining ornament. [Obs.]

         With glittering spangs that did like stars appear.
                                                  --Spenser.