Definition of "flange"

flange

/flænd͡ʒ/

noun
plural flanges
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. (roleplaying games) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
  Quotations
  [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.
  1998, Mr MI Pennington, “Can the Players be Trusted?”, in rec.games.frp.live-action‎ (Usenet)
  'Oh look, the amulet of flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'
  2007, "balor", Changing the metaphysics on Rule 7
4. (vulgar slang) The vulva.
  Quotations
  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.
  2001, tedfat, “Flange!!!!”, in alt.society.nottingham‎ (Usenet)
  'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.
  2003, Ray Gordon, Hot Sheets‎
5. (rare, humorous) The collective noun for a group of baboons.
  Quotations
  it's a flange of baboons
  1980s (first use), Not the Nine O'clock News, Rowan Atkinson (actor)
  I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house.
  2006, Rick Crosier, Getting Away with Murder‎
6. The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
verb
third-person singular simple present flanges, present participle flanging, simple past and past participle flanged
1. (intransitive) To be bent into a flange.
2. (transitive, mechanics) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange.
3. (transitive, sound engineering) To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time.

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